THE LAS VEGAS CHALLENGER. Ritschard defeats Cozbinov in the 1st round of the the Las Vegas Challenger

Alexander Ritschard tops Alexander Cozbinov 7-5 6-4 in the 1^st round in Las Vegas Challenger on Monday. Ritschard will have to play Alejandro Tabilo in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Ritschard was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Cozbinov in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Ritschard to win the set as the Moldovan succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 8^th (3-5) and in the 10^th (5-5) game. Ritschard kept his cool to break the Moldovan in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 7^th (5-2) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before managing to win the set (7-5).

The Swiss failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.

2^nd set.

Ritschard started the set in the best possible way after breaking Cozbinov in the 1^st game (1-0). That break was sufficient for Ritschard to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Swiss scored 62 points vs. the Moldovan’s 53 points.

The Swiss didn’t lose the concentration in converting 71% of the break points that he procured (5/7). On the other side, the Moldovan was sharp when converting 75% of the break points that he procured points (3/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Ritschard and Cozbinov is 1-0.

Next Match: Alexander Ritschard vs. Alejandro Tabilo – stats

Ritschard will take on Tabilo in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Alejandro Tabilo since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Las Vegas Challenger

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• Kevin KingKing – Collin AltamiranoAltamirano (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Roy SmithSmith – Marcelo ArevaloArevalo (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Michael MmohMmoh (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Sekou BangouraBangoura – Evan KingKing (6-7⁵ 7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Jack DraperDraper (7-5 7-6³) – See score progression
• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Alexander CozbinovCozbinov (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jc AragoneAragone – Laurent LokoliLokoli (7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Lloyd GlasspoolGlasspool – Martin RedlickiRedlicki (7-5 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael RedlickiRedlicki – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-2 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Evan SongSong (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Dennis NovikovNovikov (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Liam BroadyBroady – Roberto CidCid (6-3 2-6 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Gonzalo EscobarEscobar – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-7(1) 6-1 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

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• Peter PolanskyPolansky – Vasek PospisilPospisil (1-0) – See H2H details
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Jc AragoneAragone (0-0) – See H2H details
• Jack SockSock – Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis (0-0) – See H2H details
• Liam BroadyBroady – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (0-0) – See H2H details
• Darian KingKing – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – See H2H details
• Kevin KingKing – Marcos GironGiron (0-1) – See H2H details
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – See H2H details
• Nicola KuhnKuhn – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-1) – See H2H details
• Roy SmithSmith – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – See H2H details