Valentin Vacherot victorious over Stefanos Tsitsipas 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Tokyo on Friday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes.
Vacherot added to his prize money $ 29,915 after winning this match. He has already won $ 64,170 after this win. If he wins the next match, Valentin will add $ 61,435 to his earnings to get in total $ 125,605 in total.
Highlights Valentin Vacherot vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Japan Open Tennis Championships – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:13
The Monegasque won this match even if he won less points than Stefanos (94 vs. 96).
Vacherot
Valentin won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Tsitsipas
On the other side, Tsitsipas was struggling when converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Vacherot and Tsitsipas is 1-0 for Valentin.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Greek grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Tsitsipas was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40). On the other side, the Greek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 54 points. Stefanos conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the Monegasque (31-23). Stefanos dropped 5 points on serve (20-5). On the losing side, Vacherot conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
Valentin clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Valentin broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-5.
Tiebreak
The Monegasque won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (5-1), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Tsitsipas won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (3-5) and 9th (4-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Vacherot converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Tsitsipas converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They contested 75 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Vacherot won just 1 point more than the Greek (38-37). Valentin surrendered 11 points on serve (25-11). On the other side, the Greek conceded 13 points on serve (26-13).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Valentin conquered in the 5th game (3-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
The Monegasque converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Tsitsipas was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 61 points. Valentin was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Stefanos (33-28). Vacherot lost 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the net, Tsitsipas conceded 12 points on serve (22-12).
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