Daniel Altmaier surprises Andrey Rublev 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Hamburg on Thursday after playing a tremendous match to play Zhizhen Zhang in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Altmaier added to his prize money € 23,390 after winning this match. He has already won € 50,180 after this win. If he wins the next match, the German will add € 48,035 to his earnings to get in total € 98,215 in total.
Highlights Daniel Altmaier vs. Andrey Rublev Hamburg European Open – Hamburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the German scored 59 points vs. Rublev’s 41.
Altmaier
The German served exceptionally well to win 85% of the points (23/27) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (12/22) on his second serve. Altmaier was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7).
Rublev
On the other side, Rublev wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Altmaier and Rublev is 1-0 for Daniel.
Draw and next match H2H: Daniel Altmaier vs. Zhizhen Zhang – stats
Altmaier will take on Zhang in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Daniel Altmaier and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Daniel in this set was too good for the Russian and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Rublev in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Andrey was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Daniel converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the German didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 54 points. The German was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than Andrey (34-20). The German was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the other side, Rublev conceded 18 points on serve (16-18).
Altmaier had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Andrey Rublev in the 2nd game (2-0). That was decisive for Altmaier to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Altmaier was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 40-A and 40-A).
They played 46 points. The German won 4 more points than Rublev (25-21). Altmaier surrendered 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the court, Rublev conceded 6 points on serve (11-6).
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