MOSCOW. Avidzba shocks Kachmazov in the 1st round of the Kremlin Cup

Alen Avidzba surprises Alibek Kachmazov 6-1 4-6 6-1 in the 1^st round in Moscow on Wednesday. Avidzba will clash against Nikola Milojevic in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Avidzba enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Kachmazov in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Avidzba managed to boost his lead after breaking Kachmazov in the 3^rd (3-0) and in the 7^th (6-1) game before winning the set.

A crucial moment of the match was when Avidzba won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

2^nd set.

Alibek won the set after he broke Avidzba in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (4-3) game. Alen tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) game. However, Kachmazov kept the focus before winning the set 6-4.

3^rd set.

Alen won the set after he broke Alibek in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game. That break turned to be decisive for Alen to win the set because he didn’t concede his serve in the rest of the set.

Alibek was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Avidzba scored 91 points vs. Alibek’s 64 points.

Alen served pretty well to win 78% of the points (35/45) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (14/27) on his second serve. Avidzba blasted 11 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Alen was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (6/9). On the other side, Alibek was battling in converting his break points because he converted only 40% of his break points (2/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Avidzba and Kachmazov is 1-0 for Alen.

Next Match: Alen Avidzba vs. Nikola Milojevic – stats

Avidzba will take on Milojevic in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Alen Avidzba and Nikola Milojevic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Moscow

• Alen AvidzbaAvidzba – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-1 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Alexander BublikBublik (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Ivo KarlovicKarlovic – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-4 6-7⁵ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Andreas SeppiSeppi – Christian GarinGarin (3-6 7-6² 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-6² 6-0) – See score progression
• Lukas RosolRosol – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-7⁴ 7-6⁷ 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Andreas SeppiSeppi – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
• Marin CilicCilic – Ivo KarlovicKarlovic (3-3) – See H2H details
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-2) – See H2H details
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Andrey RublevRublev (1-0) – See H2H details
• Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Alen AvidzbaAvidzba (0-0) – See H2H details