TENNIS SCORES. Viola ousts Vasilenko in the qualifications of the St. Petersburg Open

ST. PETERSBURG OPEN - ST. PETERSBURG. Viola dispatches Vasilenko to come up against Ilya Ivashka in the qualifications

Prediction and head to head Matteo Viola vs. Alexander Vasilenko

Matteo Viola tops Alexander Vasilenko 6-2 5-7 6-2 in the qualifications in St. Petersburg on Sunday. Viola will clash against Ilya Ivashka in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Viola overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Vasilenko in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for the Italian to win the set as Vasilenko managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Italian kept his cool to break the Russian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Viola missed the opportunity to break the Russian in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

The Russian was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

2nd set.

Vasilenko had a great start in this set after breaking Viola in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Alexander to win the set because Matteo succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Vasilenko kept his cool to break Matteo in the 7th (3-4), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 15.

3rd set.

Viola in this set was too strong for the Russian and eventually he won 6-2. Vasilenko broke the Italian in the 3rd (2-1) game. However, Viola broke his opponent in the 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (2-6) game, but that didn’t prevent his to win the set (6-2).

Vasilenko was powerless in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Matteo scored 96 points vs. the Russian’s 79 points.

Viola didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (9/18). On the other side, Alexander didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (6/12). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Viola and Vasilenko is 1-0 for Matteo.

Next Match: Matteo Viola vs. Ilya Ivashka – stats

Viola will play Ivashka in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Matteo Viola and Ilya Ivashka since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

The last time that they fought against each other, Viola won 6-4 5-7 6-4 in the 2nd round in Recanati Challenger back in July 2019.

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