Marcos Giron surprises Andrey Rublev 6-4 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Halle on Tuesday. Giron will play against Alex Michelsen or Matteo Berrettini in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Giron added to his prize money € 15,395 after winning this match. He has already won € 32,990 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add € 28,810 to his earnings to get in total € 61,800 in total.
Highlights Marcos Giron vs. Andrey Rublev Terra Wortmann Open – Halle
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 71 points vs. the Russian’s 64.
Giron
Giron served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (27/35) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (16/30) on his second serve. The American won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Rublev
On the other side, Andrey was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Giron and Rublev is 1-2 for Andrey.
Draw and next match H2H: Marcos Giron vs. Alex Michelsen or Matteo Berrettini – stats
Giron will play either Alex Michelsen or Matteo Berrettini in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Alex Michelsen and 1-0 vs. Matteo Berrettini.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Giron clinched in the 5th game (3-2) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Giron converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 0-40). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They contested 58 points. Marcos was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Rublev (33-25). Giron dropped 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the court, Rublev conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).
Giron started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Andrey Rublev in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was the key and it was sufficient for Andrey to win the set (7-6) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Tiebreak
Marcos won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 8th (6-2) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Russian won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (2-4), 10th (4-6) and 11th (5-6) point.
Giron won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Marcos was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 0-40).
They played 77 points. It’s worth to point out that, Marcos won this set even if he scored less points 3 than the Russian (37-40). Marcos conceded 16 points on serve (22-16). On the other side, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).
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