Roman Safiullin grounds Cobolli in the 1st round at the China Open – BEIJING RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING DRAW AND RESULTS. Safiullin surprises Cobolli

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Roman Safiullin shocks Flavio Cobolli 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Beijing on Thursday after playing a great match. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.

Safiullin
Beijing
Safiullin's Record

Roman added to his prize money $ 27,910 after winning this match. He has already won $ 59,805 after this win. If he wins the next match, Roman will add $ 52,230 to his earnings to get in total $ 112,035 in total.

Highlights Roman Safiullin vs. Flavio Cobolli China Open – Beijing

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Safiullin
Cobolli
Roman Safiullin
6-3 6-2
1h:24
Flavio Cobolli
69
69
Total points
50
50
32
32
Winners
21
21
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
4
4
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
68%
68%
1st in
60%
60%
80%
80%
1st won
58%
58%
32/40
32/40
1st won
21/36
21/36
47%
47%
2nd won
46%
46%
9/19
9/19
2nd won
11/24
11/24
-- Break Points --
3/11
3/11
Total
0/5
0/5
27%
27%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 69 points vs. Flavio’s 50.

Safiullin

The Russian served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (32/40) behind his first serve. However he won only 47% points (9/19) on his second serve. Safiullin won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.

Cobolli

On the other side, the Italian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Safiullin and Cobolli is 1-1.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Safiullin 6-3
SafiullinCobolli
6
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SafiullinCobolli
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
SafiullinCobolli
5
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
SafiullinCobolli
4
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
SafiullinCobolli
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SafiullinCobolli
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SafiullinCobolli
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SafiullinCobolli
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
SafiullinCobolli
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Russian snatched in the 4th game (3-1) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).

Safiullin missed the chance to break the Italian in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

The Russian converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Flavio was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 72 points. Safiullin conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Cobolli (40-32). Safiullin conceded 11 points on serve (23-11). on the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).

2nd Set -
Safiullin 6-2
SafiullinCobolli
6
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SafiullinCobolli
5
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SafiullinCobolli
5
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SafiullinCobolli
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SafiullinCobolli
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SafiullinCobolli
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
SafiullinCobolli
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SafiullinCobolli
0
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40

Roman in this set played much better tennis than the Italian and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking the Italian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

A defining moment of this set was when Roman won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

The Russian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 47 points. Safiullin conquered the set after winning 11 points more than the Italian (29-18). Roman surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). On the other side, the Italian conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

1st
Safiullin
Cobolli
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Safiullin
Cobolli
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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