Luca Van Assche downs Sousa in the 1st round to play vs Davidovich Fokina in the following round – ESTORIL RESULTS

Luca Van Assche ousts Pedro Sousa 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 in the 1^st round in Estoril on Tuesday. Van Assche will play Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2^nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 5 minutes.

Estoril

Van Assche's Record

The French player added to his prize money € 3,845 after winning this match. He has already won € 9,880 after this win. If he wins the next match, Van Assche will add € 7,130 to his earnings to get in total € 17,010 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Assche

Sousa

6-7⁵ 6-3 6-1
2h:05

101

101

Total points

74

74

39

39

Winners

35

35

39%

39%

Ratio Winners

47%

47%

-- Serve --

1

1

Aces

0

0

2

2

Double Faults

6

6

62%

62%

1st in

69%

69%

75%

75%

1st won

56%

56%

39/52

39/52

1st won

35/63

35/63

59%

59%

2nd won

46%

46%

19/32

19/32

2nd won

13/28

13/28

-- Break Points --

6/8

6/8

Total

2/7

2/7

75%

75%

Won

29%

29%

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At the end of the match, Luca scored 101 points vs. the Portuguese’s 74.

Van Assche

Van Assche served very well to win 75% of the points (39/52) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (19/32) on his second serve. Luca was pretty good at converting 75% of the break points that he procured (6/8).

Sousa

On the other side, Pedro had some problems converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Van Assche and Sousa is 1-0 for Luca.

Draw and next match H2H: Luca Van Assche vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – stats

Van Assche will play Davidovich Fokina in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

The Portuguese won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 11^th (5-6) game, Sousa broke back in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 12^th (6-6) game to conquer the set 7-6.

Sousa was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2^nd (1-0 30-40), the 7^th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12^th game (5-6 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Van Assche was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 7^th (3-3 40-A) and the 10^th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40).

They played 90 points. It’s worth to point out that, Sousa won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the French player (44-46). Pedro lost 16 points on serve (22-16). In addition, on the other side, Luca conceded 22 points on serve (30-22).

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Van Assche snatched in the 4^th game (3-1) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).

The French player was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4^th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, Sousa was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9^th game (3-5 30-40).

They contested 58 points. Van Assche was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Portuguese (31-27). Luca dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, the Portuguese conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).

The French player won the set after he broke the Portuguese 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (4-1) and in the 7^th (6-1) game.

Van Assche won 0 consecutive points in this set from 15-0 1-1 to .

Pedro had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.

The French player was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (1-1 0-40), the 5^th (3-1 15-40) and the 7^th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Van Assche didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 27 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 21 points more than Pedro (24-3). Van Assche was just too good on serve to drop not even a single point during his serving games (12-0). On the losing side, Sousa conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).

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