Jonas Forejtek upsets Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-4 2-6 6-4 in the 1st round in the Prague Challenger on Saturday. Forejtek will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
The Czech won the set after he broke Botic in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Botic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. However, Jonas stayed solid to win the set 6-4.
The Czech missed the opportunity to break the Dutch in the 3rd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Jonas converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, Van De Zandschulp converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They contested 73 points. Jonas was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Botic (40-33). Forejtek dropped 13 points on serve (21-13). on the other side of the court, the Dutch conceded 19 points on serve (20-19).
Van De Zandschulp in this set was too good for Forejtek and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Jonas in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Jonas couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Dutch was flawless in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 5th (3-2 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Van De Zandschulp didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 64 points. The Dutch conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Jonas (38-26). Van De Zandschulp conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Jonas conceded 20 points on serve (17-20).
Van De Zandschulp was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Forejtek in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the Czech managed to stage a great comeback to break the Dutch in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
The Dutch was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-4 to 6-4.
Forejtek converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (2-4 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Botic converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A).
They played 69 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Czech won just 3 more points than Van De Zandschulp (36-33). The Czech conceded 14 points on serve (19-14). on the other side of the court, Van De Zandschulp conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).
Jonas will add to his prize money € 660 after conquering this match. He has won already € 1,320 after this win. If he wins the next match, Forejtek will add € 860 to his earnings to earn € 2,180 in total.
Match Statistics
The Czech won this encounter even if he conquered less points than Botic (103 vs. 104).
The Czech won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Van De Zandschulp had a tough time converting his break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Forejtek and Van De Zandschulp is 1-0 for Jonas.
Draw and next match H2H: Jonas Forejtek vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert – stats
Forejtek will compete against Herbert in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Jonas Forejtek and Pierre-Hugues Herbert since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Daniel MasurMasur (7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (7-64 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Alexey VatutinVatutin (5-7 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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