Daniel Evans wins against Roman Safiullin 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Los Cabos on Monday. Evans will fight against Thanasi Kokkinakis in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes.
The Brit added to his prize money $ 6,250 after winning this match. He has already won $ 16,065 after this win. If he wins the next match, Daniel will add $ 10,600 to his earnings to get in total $ 26,665 in total.
Highlights Daniel Evans vs. Roman Safiullin Mifel Tennis Open – Los Cabos
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:41
At the end of the match, Daniel scored 69 points vs. Roman’s 52.
Evans
Daniel was pretty good at converting 63% of the break points that he procured (5/8).
Safiullin
On the other side, Roman was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Evans and Safiullin is 2-1 for Daniel.
Draw and next match H2H: Daniel Evans vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis – stats
Evans will compete against Kokkinakis in the 2nd round.
This will be the 4th time that Daniel Evans and Thanasi Kokkinakis square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kokkinakis won 7-5 6-4 in the Rubber 5 in 2 back in 2015.
Live score progression and stats
Daniel in this set was in much better shape than Safiullin and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking the Russian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Safiullin was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Daniel converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Daniel didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 56 points. Evans won 10 points more than Roman (33-23). Daniel was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the court, Roman conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).
Daniel won the set after he broke Roman 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Roman tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Nevertheless, Daniel kept the focus to win the set 6-4.
The Brit was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Safiullin converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-3 40-A), the 8th (3-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 65 points. Daniel won 7 points more than the Russian (36-29). Daniel dropped 19 points on serve (21-19). on the other side of the net, Safiullin conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).
Tennis Scores in Los Cabos
- Max PurcellPurcell – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Brandon HoltHolt (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jack DraperDraper (4-6 7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-3 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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