Zizou Bergs tops Roberto Carballes Baena 1-6 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Auckland on Thursday. Bergs will have to play Nuno Borges in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 52 minutes.
Bergs added to his prize money $ 14,925 after winning this match. He has already won $ 35,480 as of now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Bergs will add $ 24,870 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,350.
Highlights Zizou Bergs vs. Roberto Carballes Baena ASB Classic – Auckland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Bergs scored 73 points vs. Roberto’s 66.
Bergs
The Belgian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Carballes Baena
On the other side, Roberto didn’t lose the focus when converting 80% of the break points that he conquered points (4/5). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Bergs and Carballes Baena is 1-0 for Zizou.
Draw and next match H2H: Zizou Bergs vs. Nuno Borges – stats
Bergs will take on Borges in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Zizou Bergs and Nuno Borges square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Borges (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Bergs started the set strong after breaking Roberto Carballes Baena in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Roberto managed to boost his lead after breaking Zizou in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
The Belgian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-1 to 6-1.
Roberto was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Belgian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 42 points. Roberto was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Bergs (26-16). The Spaniard dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). In addition, on the other side, Zizou conceded 9 points on serve (10-9).
Zizou in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Carballes Baena and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Carballes Baena in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Bergs failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.
Carballes Baena was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Zizou converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, the Belgian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. The Belgian was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Carballes Baena (30-17). The Belgian surrendered 5 points on serve (17-5). On the losing side, the Spaniard conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
Bergs was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Roberto Carballes Baena in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Belgian to win the set since Carballes Baena succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Zizou maintained his focus to break Carballes Baena in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Zizou converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Roberto converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 50 points. Zizou conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Roberto (27-23). Bergs dropped 12 points on serve (12-12). In addition, on the other side, the Spaniard conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).
Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-3 6-1)
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Jakub MensikMensik (6-74 6-2 7-64)
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (2-6 6-2 6-4)
- Zizou BergsBergs – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (1-6 6-2 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H details and stats