Viktor Galovic conquers Aziz Dougaz 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in the Todi Challenger on Saturday. Galovic is going to play against Riccardo Bonadio in the next round.
Score, report, and key facts
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Aziz grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) before finally conquering the set (7-5).
The Tunisian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Tunisian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Dougaz won just 3 points more than Galovic (40-37). The Tunisian surrendered 11 points on serve (28-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Galovic conceded 12 points on serve (26-12).
Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Croatian clinched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
Viktor converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Aziz was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 81 points. The Croatian was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Aziz (44-37). Galovic surrendered 18 points on serve (29-18). on the other side of the net, the Tunisian conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
Galovic had a great start in this set after breaking Dougaz in the 1st game (1-0). That break was the key for the Croatian to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks.
Galovic converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A). On the other side, Dougaz wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 61 points. Galovic won 7 more points than Aziz (34-27). The Croatian surrendered 5 points on serve (21-5). In addition, on the other side, Aziz conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Galovic scored 115 points vs. the Tunisian’s 105.
Galovic served pretty well to win 77% of the points (54/70) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (22/42) on his second serve. Viktor won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Dougaz was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Galovic and Dougaz is 1-0 for Viktor.
Draw and next match H2H: Viktor Galovic vs. Riccardo Bonadio – stats
Galovic will compete against Bonadio in the next round.
This will be the 3rd time that Viktor Galovic and Riccardo Bonadio fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Galovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Galovic won 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the qualifications in Vicenza Challenger back in 2016.
Tennis Scores in Todi Challenger
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- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Alessandro BegaBega (6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
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