Ugo Humbert breezes past Blaz Kavcic 6-2 6-1 in the semifinal in Istanbul Challenger on Saturday after playing a solid match to play Denis Istomin in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Humbert in this set played at a much higher level than Kavcic and therefore he won 6-2 after breaking the Slovenian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Kavcic was unable to find the solution in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).
2nd set.
The French Player won the set after he broke Kavcic in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game. That was decisive for the French Player to conquer the set as he didn’t concede his serve during the rest of the set.
Kavcic was unable to find the solution in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Ugo scored 62 points vs. Blaz’s 37 points.
The French Player served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (17/21) behind his first serve, and he won 70% points (16/23) on his second serve. Humbert was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8). On the other side, the Slovenian wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Humbert and Kavcic is 1-0.
Next Match: Ugo Humbert vs. Denis Istomin – stats
Humbert will face Istomin in the final.
There is no head to head record between Ugo Humbert and Denis Istomin since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger
- Denis IstominIstomin – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Blaz KavcicKavcic (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Denis IstominIstomin (0-0) – See H2H details