Luca Van Assche outlasts Botic Van De Zandschulp 3-6 6-3 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Metz on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Van Assche will square off with Stan Wawrinka in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reach the qualifications in 2021. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Luca added to his prize money € 3,845 after conquering this match. He has already won € 9,880 after this win. If he wins the next match, Luca will add € 7,130 to his earnings to get in total € 17,010 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:42
At the end of the match, Luca scored 103 points vs. the Dutch’s 101.
Van Assche
Van Assche served extremely well to win 76% of the points (47/62) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (19/33) on his second serve. Luca won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 11% (1/9) of the procured opportunities.
Van De Zandschulp
On the other side, Van De Zandschulp was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Van Assche and Van De Zandschulp is 1-0 for Luca.
Draw and next match H2H: Luca Van Assche vs. Stan Wawrinka – stats
Van Assche will face Wawrinka in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Luca Van Assche and Stan Wawrinka clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Van Assche (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Van Assche won 1-6 7-64 6-4 in the 1st round in Banja luka back in April 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Van Assche enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break turned to be decisive for Botic to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Botic was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the French player was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (0-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 40-A).
They contested 71 points. The Dutch conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the French player (38-33). Van De Zandschulp lost 11 points on serve (25-11). In addition, on the other side, Luca conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Van Assche snatched in the 8th game (5-3) before finally winning the set (6-3).
Van De Zandschulp was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Van Assche converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). On the other side, Luca didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 61 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the French player won just 3 points more than the Dutch (32-29). The French player dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, Van De Zandschulp conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Luca won the breaker at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Van Assche won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (3-5), 9th (4-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Van De Zandschulp won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (4-2) and 7th (5-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Van Assche was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). Luca saved 3 set points when he was 2-5, 3-5 and 4-5 down. On the other side, Van Assche didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 72 points. Luca conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Van De Zandschulp (38-34). Van Assche conceded 11 points on serve (29-11). In addition, on the other side, Van De Zandschulp conceded 9 points on serve (23-9).
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