Jozef Kovalik shocks Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-6(6) 6-4 in the 1st round in Hamburg on Tuesday. Kovalik will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Jozef added to his prize money € 12,505 after winning this match. He has already won € 26,790 after this win. If he wins the next match, Kovalik will add € 23,390 to his earnings to get in total € 50,180 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Kovalik scored 80 points vs. Seyboth Wild’s 70.
Kovalik
Kovalik didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4).
Seyboth Wild
On the other side, Thiago had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Kovalik and Seyboth Wild is 1-2 for Thiago .
Draw and next match H2H: Jozef Kovalik vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats
Kovalik will fight against Musetti in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Lorenzo Musetti since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Slovakian won the set after he broke Seyboth Wild in the 4th (3-1) game. Thiago tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, Jozef didn’t blink to conquer the set 7-6.
The Slovakian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40 and 15-40). Also, on the other side, Seyboth Wild converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 98 points. This set was so close that, Kovalik won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Kovalik conceded 16 points on serve (30-16). In addition, on the other side, Thiago conceded 19 points on serve (33-19).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Kovalik grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) before finally winning the set (6-4).
Kovalik converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Jozef didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 54 points. Jozef was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Thiago (31-23). The Slovakian lost 10 points on serve (24-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Seyboth Wild conceded 7 points on serve (13-7).
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