Taro Daniel clobbers Jay Clarke 6-3 6-1 in the semifinal in on Saturday after playing a superlative match to play Yannick Hanfmann in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Clarke conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Daniel in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Taro managed to stage a good comeback to break the Brit in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).
Certainly, a key moment was when Taro won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.
2nd set.
Daniel conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Clarke in the 1st game (1-0). Daniel managed to boost his lead after breaking Jay in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Clarke was dominated in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-1 to 6-1).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Daniel scored 57 points vs. Clarke’s 27 points.
Taro served extremely well to win 79% of the points (19/24) behind his first serve, and he won 73% points (11/15) on his second serve. The Japanese was pretty focused in converting 63% of the break points that he procured (5/8). On the other side, Clarke was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Daniel and Clarke is 1-0.
Next Match H2H: Taro Daniel vs. Yannick Hanfmann – stats
Daniel will square off with Hanfmann in the final.
There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Yannick Hanfmann since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Burnie Challenger
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Taro DanielDaniel – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – See H2H details
