ANTWERP. Paolo Lorenzi dispatches Bovy in the qualifications

Paolo Lorenzi tops Arnaud Bovy 6-7⁵ 6-1 6-4 in the qualifications in Antwerp on Sunday. Lorenzi will face off with Gregoire Barrere in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Bovy won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 9^th (4-5) game, Arnaud broke back in the 10^th (5-5) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 5.

2^nd set.

Lorenzi overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Bovy in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Lorenzi managed to boost his lead after breaking Arnaud in the 4^th (4-0) game before managing to win the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when the Italian won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

3^rd set.

Lorenzi had a great start in this set after breaking Bovy in the 1^st game (1-0). That was enough for Lorenzi to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Lorenzi scored 102 points vs. the Belgian’s 86 points.

Paolo served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (47/58) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 49% points (20/41) on his second serve. The Italian struck 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The Italian was pretty focused in converting 80% of the break points that he procured (4/5). On the other side, Arnaud 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 defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Lorenzi and Bovy is 1-0 for Paolo.

Next Match: Paolo Lorenzi vs. Gregoire Barrere – stats

Lorenzi will compete against Barrere in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Paolo Lorenzi and Gregoire Barrere since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

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• Marius CopilCopil – Ruben BemelmansBemelmans (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Paolo LorenziLorenzi – Arnaud BovyBovy (6-7⁵ 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
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• Yannick MadenMaden – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
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