John Millman hustles Steven Diez 2-6 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Kaohsiung Challenger on Saturday. Millman will engage against Marc Polmans in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The Canadian in this set was much more effective than the Australian and consequentely he won 6-2 after breaking John in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
2nd set.
Diez had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Millman in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, John managed to stage a great comeback to break Diez in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
3rd set.
Millman in this set stepped up in great fashion to overplay Diez and therefore he won 6-2 after breaking the Canadian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A crucial moment of the match was when the Australian won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 78 points vs. Steven’s 62 points.
The Australian won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9). On the other side, Steven was sharp when converting 75% of the break points that he procured points (3/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Millman and Diez is 1-0.
Next Match: John Millman vs. Marc Polmans – stats
Millman will take on Polmans in the final.
There is no head to head record between John Millman and Marc Polmans since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Kaohsiung Challenger
- John MillmanMillman – Steven DiezDiez (2-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-1 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Marc PolmansPolmans – John MillmanMillman (0-0) – See H2H details
