Benjamin Bonzi surprises Quentin Halys 6-3 7-6(1) in the quarter in Metz on Thursday in what was an all-French player clash. Bonzi will face off with Alex Michelsen in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Benjamin added to his prize money € 12,710 after conquering this match. He has already won € 30,220 as of now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Bonzi will add € 21,180 to his earnings to get in total € 51,400.
Highlights Benjamin Bonzi vs. Quentin Halys Moselle Open – Metz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:18
At the end of the match, Benjamin scored 67 points vs. Halys’s 53.
Bonzi
Benjamin served very well to win 86% of the points (30/35) behind his first serve, and he won 75% points (15/20) on his second serve. Bonzi won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Halys
On the other side, Quentin wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Bonzi and Halys is 2-3 for Quentin.
Draw and next match H2H: Benjamin Bonzi vs. Alex Michelsen – stats
Bonzi will take on Michelsen in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Benjamin Bonzi and Alex Michelsen since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Benjamin won the set after he broke Halys in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Bonzi failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
Bonzi was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Bonzi didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 49 points. Benjamin was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Quentin (30-19). Bonzi lost 5 points on serve (20-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Halys conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Bonzi had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-1.
Tiebreak
Benjamin won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (6-0) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 6-1, 7-1
Bonzi was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Quentin was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 71 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Bonzi won barely 1 point more than Quentin (36-35). Bonzi lost 5 points on serve (24-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Quentin conceded 12 points on serve (30-12).
Tennis Scores in Metz
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Zizou BergsBergs (6-3 6-76 6-1)
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Quentin HalysHalys (6-3 7-61)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-76 6-2 6-4)
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Andrey RublevRublev (w/o)
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