Matteo Arnaldi outlasts Marton Fucsovics 6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(7) in the 1st round in Brisbane on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Arnaldi will try to keep the momentum against Lukas Klein in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 7 minutes.
The Italian added to his prize money $ 4,360 after winning this match. He has already won $ 11,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Arnaldi will add $ 7,700 to his earnings to get in total $ 18,700 in total.
Highlights Matteo Arnaldi vs. Marton Fucsovics Brisbane International – Brisbane
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:07
The Italian won this match even if he won less points than Fucsovics (111 vs. 112).
Arnaldi
Arnaldi was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (1/2).
Fucsovics
On the other side, the Hungarian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Arnaldi and Fucsovics is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Arnaldi vs. Lukas Klein – stats
Arnaldi will square off with Klein in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Matteo Arnaldi and Lukas Klein fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Klein (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Fucsovics won the set after he broke the Italian .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. In addition on the other side, Marton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 85 points. Marton conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Arnaldi (45-40). The Hungarian surrendered 13 points on serve (34-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Arnaldi conceded 11 points on serve (27-11).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Italian grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
The Hungarian had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Matteo converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Marton was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 40-A and 40-A).
They played 62 points. This set was so close that, Matteo won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Arnaldi lost 13 points on serve (25-13). In addition, on the other side, Marton conceded 6 points on serve (18-6).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, Matteo won a thrilling breaker 9-7 after a huge fight with 16 points played.
Tiebreak
The Italian won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Marton won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 10th (5-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Matteo saved 1 set point when he was trailing 6-7. Also, on the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 76 points. The Italian won 6 more points than the Hungarian (41-35). Matteo dropped 9 points on serve (32-9). In addition, on the other side, Fucsovics conceded 9 points on serve (26-9).
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