TENNIS SCORES. Denis Istomin beats Van De Zandschulp in the semifinal in the Istanbul Challenger

Denis Istomin overcomes Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Istanbul Challenger on Saturday. Istomin will play against Ugo Humbert in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Uzbek won the set after he broke the Dutch in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game. The Dutch tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (5-2) game. However, Istomin kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-3.

The Uzbek failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 15.

A crucial moment of the match was when the Uzbek won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.

2^nd set.

Istomin had a strong start of this set after breaking Van De Zandschulp in the 1^st game (1-0). However, the Dutch found the way to come back to break Denis in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

The Uzbek was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-3 to 6-3).

3^rd set.

Van De Zandschulp had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Istomin in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, Istomin refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Van De Zandschulp in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 6^th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Istomin scored 93 points vs. Van De Zandschulp’s 77 points.

Istomin won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (5/15). On the other side, Van De Zandschulp was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (4/8). However, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Istomin and Van De Zandschulp is 1-0.

Next Match: Denis Istomin vs. Ugo Humbert – stats

Istomin will fight against Humbert in the final.

There is no head to head record between Denis Istomin and Ugo Humbert since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

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