Daniel Elahi Galan downs Mitchell Krueger 6-2 7-63 in the semifinal in on Saturday. Elahi Galan Riveros will square off with Thai Kwiatkowski in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Elahi Galan Riveros in this set was too strong for Mitchell and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Mitchell in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Krueger was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).
2nd set.
Elahi Galan Riveros had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Krueger in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Elahi Galan Riveros to win the set since the American found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. The Colombian kept his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 3.
Daniel was unable to break Krueger in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Colombian scored 84 points vs. Krueger’s 68 points.
Daniel was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8). On the other side, Krueger was effective when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Elahi Galan Riveros and Krueger is 1-0.
Next Match H2H: Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Thai Kwiatkowski – stats
Elahi Galan Riveros will play Kwiatkowski in the final.
There is no head to head record between Daniel Elahi Galan and Thai Kwiatkowski since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Newport Beach Challenger
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Steve JohnsonJohnson (3-6 7-64 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (0-0) – See H2H details
