Carlos Taberner ousts Inigo Cervantes 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Seville Challenger on Friday.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Cervantes was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Taberner in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Anyhow, there was more to do for Cervantes to win the set as Carlos managed to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.
A crucial moment of the match was when Inigo won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
2nd set.
Taberner in this set was too good for Cervantes and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Inigo in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
3rd set.
Taberner overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Cervantes in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Taberner to win the set as Cervantes found the way to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. Carlos maintained his focus to break Inigo in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Taberner scored 82 points vs. Inigo’s 69 points.
Taberner won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 45% (5/11). On the other side, Inigo had a tough time in converting his break points because he converted only 43% of his break points (3/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Taberner and Cervantes is 2-0.
Tennis Scores in Seville Challenger
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Inigo CervantesCervantes (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-0) – See H2H details
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Guillermo Garcia-LopezGarcia-Lopez (1-0) – See H2H details
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (0-0) – See H2H details