MOSCOW. Damir Dzumhur defeats Vatutin in the qualifications

Damir Dzumhur hustles Alexey Vatutin 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in Moscow on Saturday. Dzumhur will play Sebastian Ofner in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Dzumhur won the set after he broke Alexey in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (4-3) game. Alexey tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) game. Anyhow, Dzumhur maintained the focus before winning the set 6-4.

2^nd set.

The Bosnian won the set after he broke Alexey in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Damir to win the set since he didn’t concede his serve in the rest of the set.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Damir scored 68 points vs. Alexey’s 54 points.

Dzumhur served very well to win 78% of the points (31/40) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 47% points (7/15) on his second serve. The Bosnian was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8). On the other side, Vatutin was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 20% of his break points (1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Dzumhur and Vatutin is 1-0 for Damir.

Next Match: Damir Dzumhur vs. Sebastian Ofner – stats

Dzumhur will fight against Ofner in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Damir Dzumhur and Sebastian Ofner since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Moscow

• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Mirza BasicBasic (7-6³ 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Maxime JanvierJanvier (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Lukas RosolRosol – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Filip HoranskyHoransky – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-0 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Ivo KarlovicKarlovic – Aljaz BedeneBedene (0-4) – See H2H details
• Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (5-1) – See H2H details
• Lukas RosolRosol – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-1) – See H2H details
• Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (2-5) – See H2H details
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – See H2H details
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (0-0) – See H2H details
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander BublikBublik – Andrey RublevRublev (1-0) – See H2H details
• Christian GarinGarin – Andreas SeppiSeppi (0-0) – See H2H details
• Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Filip HoranskyHoransky (0-0) – See H2H details