Pavel Kotov gets the better of Nuno Borges 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Hong Kong on Monday. Kotov will clash against Lorenzo Musetti or Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes.
Kotov added to his prize money $ 4,400 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 11,600 after this win. If he wins the next match, Kotov will add $ 8,400 to his earnings to get in total $ 20,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:28
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 69 points vs. Nuno’s 53.
Kotov
Kotov didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6).
Borges
On the other side, the Portuguese wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Kotov and Borges is 1-0 for Pavel.
Draw and next match H2H: Pavel Kotov vs. Lorenzo Musetti or Chak Lam Coleman Wong – stats
Kotov will face either Lorenzo Musetti or Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-1 vs. Lorenzo Musetti and 0-0 vs. Chak Lam Coleman Wong.
Live score progression and stats
Kotov had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Nuno Borges in the 1st game (1-0). Pavel managed to boost his lead after breaking Nuno in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
The Russian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 40-A). On the other side, Nuno wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 40-A).
They contested 58 points. Kotov conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Borges (35-23). Pavel conceded 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, Borges conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).
Kotov started the set strong after breaking Nuno Borges in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Kotov to win the set because Borges succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (3-5) game.
Pavel failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.
Kotov converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Nuno converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 40-A and 40-A).
They played 64 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than the Portuguese (34-30). Kotov lost 10 points on serve (21-10). on the other side of the net, Nuno conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).
Tennis Scores in Hong Kong
- Pavel KotovKotov – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-75 6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
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