TENNIS SCORES. Christopher O Connell victorious over Sels in the semifinal in the Sibiu Challenger

SIBIU CHALLENGER. O Connell gets by Sels to take on Danilo Petrovic in the final

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Jelle Sels

Christopher O Connell prevails over Jelle Sels 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Sibiu Challenger on Saturday. O Connell will clash against Danilo Petrovic in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Dutch clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Jelle broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

Jelle lost a big opportunity to break the Australian in the 2nd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

The Australian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-4 to 6-4).

2nd set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Australian conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

3rd set.

O Connell in this set didn’t concede much to Sels and therefore he won 6-2 after breaking Sels in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Christopher wasted a good opportunity to break the Dutch in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Statistics

At the end of the match, O Connell scored 109 points vs. the Dutch’s 98 points.

O Connell won this match even if he had some problems in converting his break points because he converted only 22% (4/18). On the other side, Jelle had some problems in converting his break points because he converted only 14% of his break points (2/14). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between O Connell and Sels is 1-0.

Next Match: Christopher O Connell vs. Danilo Petrovic – stats

O Connell will take on Petrovic in the final.

There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Danilo Petrovic since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Sibiu Challenger

Upcoming matches

  • Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (0-0) – See H2H details