Zdenek Kolar grounds Petr Nouza 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in the Prague Challenger on Sunday in what was an all-Czech affair after playing a good match to clash against Sebastian Ofner in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
Kolar was much more effective than Petr and consequently he won 6-2. Petr broke Zdenek 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, Zdenek broke his opponent in the 4th (2-2) game, but that didn’t stop his to conquer the set (6-2).
Nouza had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Kolar converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Petr was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-2 30-40).
They contested 49 points. Kolar was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Nouza (31-18). Kolar surrendered 5 points on serve (14-5). on the other side of the court, Nouza conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).
Kolar started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Nouza in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Zdenek managed to boost his lead after breaking Nouza in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Zdenek won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Zdenek converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 2nd (2-0 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Kolar didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. Zdenek was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than Petr (27-13). Zdenek was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Nouza conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).
Zdenek will add to his prize money € 660 after winning this match. He has won already € 1,320 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zdenek will add € 860 to his earnings to earn € 2,180 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Zdenek scored 58 points vs. Petr’s 31.
Zdenek served pretty well to win 81% of the points (17/21) behind his first serve, and he won 75% points (9/12) on his second serve. Kolar was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that he procured (6/9). On the other side, Petr was absolutely great in converting the only break point that he converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Kolar and Nouza is 2-0 for Zdenek.
Draw and next match H2H: Zdenek Kolar vs. Sebastian Ofner – stats
Kolar will play Ofner in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Zdenek Kolar and Sebastian Ofner play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ofner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Ofner won 6-1 7-64 in the semifinal in Mestre Challenger back in 2017.
Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Petr NouzaNouza (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Dmitry PopkoPopko (7-63 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (7-64 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Alexey VatutinVatutin (5-7 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Daniel MasurMasur (7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Lukas RosolRosol (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jan SatralSatral – Ruben BemelmansBemelmans (7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur De GreefDe Greef – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Filip HoranskyHoransky (6-3 2-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Robin HaaseHaase (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Mats MoraingMoraing (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Jan SatralSatral (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Arthur De GreefDe Greef – Yannick MadenMaden (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Blaz RolaRola – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Oscar OtteOtte – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elias YmerYmer – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Steven DiezDiez (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tomas MachacMachac – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – H2H details and stats
