TENNIS SCORES. Roberto Quiroz shocks Torpegaard in the quarter in the Columbus Challenger

COLUMBUS CHALLENGER. Quiroz shocks Torpegaard to fight against Peter Polansky in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Quiroz vs. Mikael Torpegaard

Roberto Quiroz upsets Mikael Torpegaard 7-65 7-64 in the quarter in Columbus Challenger on Friday. Quiroz will clash against Peter Polansky in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Torpegaard got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Quiroz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the Ecuadorian managed to stage a great comeback to break Torpegaard in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

The Dane lost the 7th game (3-4) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.

2nd set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Roberto won the tiebreak at 4.

The Ecuadorian was unable to break Mikael in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Statistics

Quiroz won this encounter even if he conquered the same amount of points of the Dane (76 vs. 76).

Quiroz won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points since he converted only 25% (1/4). On the other side, the Dane was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Quiroz and Torpegaard is 1-0.

Next Match: Roberto Quiroz vs. Peter Polansky – stats

Quiroz will take on Polansky in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Roberto Quiroz and Peter Polansky since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

The last time that they locked horns, Polansky won 7-65 6-4 in the 2nd round in Monterrey Challenger back in 2016.

Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger

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