Botic Van De Zandschulp thumps David Poljak 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Istanbul Challenger on Friday after playing a superlative match to play Denis Istomin in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Van De Zandschulp won the set after he broke the Czech in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. That break was the key and it was sufficient for the Dutch to win the set because he didn’t drop his serve during the rest of the set.
2nd set.
The Dutch in this set was much more effective than David and consequentely he won 6-2 after breaking the Czech in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Botic scored 76 points vs. the Czech’s 55 points.
Van De Zandschulp served extremely well to win 76% of the points (32/42) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 43% points (10/23) on his second serve. Botic was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8). On the other side, David wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Van De Zandschulp and Poljak is 2-0.
Next Match: Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Denis Istomin – stats
Van De Zandschulp will take on Istomin in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Botic Van De Zandschulp and Denis Istomin since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger
- Blaz KavcicKavcic – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Ruben BemelmansBemelmans (6-73 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – David PoljakPoljak (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis IstominIstomin – Aleksandr NedovesovNedovesov (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Denis IstominIstomin (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Blaz KavcicKavcic (0-0) – See H2H details
