Christopher O Connell conquers Kevin King 6-3 7-62 in the semifinal in Fairfield Challenger on Saturday. O Connell is going to play against Steve Johnson in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Christopher conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).
2nd set.
The Australian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Australian broke back in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 2.
The Australian missed the opportunity to break Kevin in the 11th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Statistics
At the end of the match, O Connell scored 94 points vs. Kevin’s 78 points.
The Australian won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points since he converted only 20% (2/10). On the other side, Kevin wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 10% of his break points (1/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between O Connell and King is 1-0.
Next Match: Christopher O Connell vs. Steve Johnson – stats
O Connell will play Johnson in the final.
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Steve Johnson since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Fairfield Challenger
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Kevin KingKing (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – See H2H details
