ANTWERP. Humbert conquers Kovalik in the 1st round of the European Open

Ugo Humbert dispatches Jozef Kovalik 6-4 7-5 in the 1^st round in Antwerp on Tuesday. Humbert will face David Goffin in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Ugo conquered in the 5^th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Ugo won the set after he broke Jozef in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Kovalik tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) game. Yet, Ugo maintained the focus before winning the set 7-5.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the French Player scored 66 points vs. the Slovakian’s 47 points.

Humbert served pretty well to win 88% of the points (30/34) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (11/16) on his second serve. Humbert won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points because he converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, the Slovakian was great in converting all the break points (1/1). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Humbert and Kovalik is 1-0 for Ugo.

Next Match: Ugo Humbert vs. David Goffin – stats

Humbert will come up against Goffin in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Ugo Humbert and David Goffin since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Antwerp

• Pablo CuevasCuevas – Hugo DellienDellien (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yannick MadenMaden (7-6⁷ 6-3) – See score progression
• Gilles SimonSimon – Steve DarcisDarcis (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Marius CopilCopil – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Richard GasquetGasquet (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Andy MurrayMurray – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Feliciano LopezLopez – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Guido PellaPella – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (5-7 6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Gilles SimonSimon (4-3) – See H2H details
• Pablo CuevasCuevas – Andy MurrayMurray (0-2) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – See H2H details
• Marius CopilCopil – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-1) – See H2H details
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-0) – See H2H details
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – David GoffinGoffin (0-0) – See H2H details