Emil Ruusuvuori breezes past Alexandre Muller 6-3 6-1 in the final in Glasgow Challenger on Sunday after playing a superlative match to win his 1st challenger title, the 0 of this season.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Finn conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).
2nd set.
Ruusuvuori had a great start in this set after breaking Muller in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Anyhow, there was more to do for Ruusuvuori to win the set because Muller found the way to break back in the 6th (1-5) game. The Finn maintained his focus to break Alexandre in the 7th (6-1) game.
Emil failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 40.
A crucial moment of the match was when Emil won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Emil scored 62 points vs. Muller’s 38 points.
The Finn didn’t lose the concentration in converting 63% of the break points that he procured (5/8). On the other side, Alexandre was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points because he converted only 17% of his break points (1/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Ruusuvuori and Muller is 1-0.
Tennis Scores in Glasgow Challenger
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
