Matteo Arnaldi shocks Jiri Lehecka 3-6 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Umag on Friday. Arnaldi will clash against Alexei Popyrin in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes.
Arnaldi added to his prize money € 12,345 after conquering this match. He has already won € 29,355 as of now in this event. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add € 20,585 to his earnings to get in total € 49,940.
Highlights Matteo Arnaldi vs. Jiri Lehecka Plava Laguna Croatia Open – Umag
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:04
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 84 points vs. Jiri’s 74.
Arnaldi
Matteo served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (30/40) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (26/41) on his second serve. Matteo won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Lehecka
On the other side, Lehecka was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Arnaldi and Lehecka is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Arnaldi vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats
Arnaldi will compete against Popyrin in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Matteo Arnaldi and Alexei Popyrin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Arnaldi conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Jiri Lehecka in the 1st game (1-0). Jiri reinforced his lead after breaking Matteo in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set.
Jiri failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
The Czech was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Matteo was on the money in converting all his break points in the 10th game (2-6 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 53 points. Lehecka was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Arnaldi (30-23). Lehecka surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). In addition, on the other side, Matteo conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Arnaldi had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Jiri Lehecka in the 2nd game (2-0). That break resulted decisive for the Italian to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.
Lehecka was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Matteo converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40). On the other side, Jiri was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 4th game (1-2 40-A).
They played 58 points. Matteo was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Lehecka (31-27). Arnaldi surrendered 10 points on serve (20-10). on the other side of the net, Lehecka conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Matteo clinched in the 7th game (4-3) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
Arnaldi converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Arnaldi didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. Arnaldi was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Jiri (30-17). Matteo was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (20-2). On the other side, Lehecka conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).
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