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

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

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Avidzba had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Kachmazov in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Avidzba managed to strengthen 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 Alen 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 Alen 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. Nonetheless, Alibek kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-4.

3^rd set.

Alen won the set after he broke Kachmazov in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game. That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Avidzba to win the set because he didn’t concede his serve in the rest of the set.

Alibek was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

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

Alen served extremely 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 fired 11 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Alen didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that he procured (6/9). On the other side, Alibek was far from perfect in converting his break points as 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 compete against 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 clash against each other at pro level.

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
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy (6-1 7-5) – 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
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Alexander BublikBublik (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Ivo KarlovicKarlovic – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-4 6-7⁵ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Lukas RosolRosol – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-7⁴ 7-6⁷ 6-3) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-6² 6-0) – See score progression
• Andreas SeppiSeppi – Christian GarinGarin (3-6 7-6² 7-6⁴) – 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