MOSCOW. Miomir Kecmanovic gets by Dubrivnyy in the 1st round of the Kremlin Cup

KREMLIN CUP - MOSCOW. Kecmanovic defeats Dubrivnyy to come up against Jeremy Chardy in the 2nd round

Miomir Kecmanovic conquers Artem Dubrivnyy 6-1 7-5 in the 1st round in Moscow on Tuesday. Kecmanovic is going to play against Jeremy Chardy in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Miomir was far too good to concede just 1 game before breaking Dubrivnyy 3 times and win the set 6-1.

Dubrivnyy was unable to find the solution in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-1 to 6-1).

2nd set.

The Serbian won the set after he broke Dubrivnyy 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Artem tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Notwithstanding, Kecmanovic refused to give way before winning the set 7-5.

Artem lost the 12th game (7-5) when he had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.

Yet also the Russian won 4 consecutive games from 1-4 to 5-4

Statistics

At the end of the match, Miomir scored 71 points vs. Dubrivnyy’s 51 points.

The Serbian served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (25/30) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 42% points (10/24) on his second serve. The Serbian was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (6/9). On the other side, Artem was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kecmanovic and Dubrivnyy is 1-0 for Miomir.

Next Match: Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Jeremy Chardy – stats

Kecmanovic will fight against Chardy in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Miomir Kecmanovic and Jeremy Chardy since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.

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