Andrew Paulson upsets Filip Horansky 6-3 2-6 6-3 in the 1st round in the Prague Challenger on Sunday. Paulson will clash against Ernests Gulbis in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
Paulson won the set after he broke the Slovakian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Paulson converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, the Slovakian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 64 points. The Czech conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Horansky (36-28). The Czech dropped 10 points on serve (20-10). On the other side, Horansky conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
Horansky had a great start in this set after breaking Paulson in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that was not enough for Filip to win the set as Andrew managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Slovakian maintained his focus to break Andrew in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
The Czech was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Horansky converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Andrew converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 49 points. The Slovakian conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Andrew (29-20). Filip surrendered 10 points on serve (16-10). In addition, on the other side, Andrew conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Czech clinched in the 6th game (4-2) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Andrew was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 0-40). On the other side, Andrew didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. Andrew was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Filip (28-16). Paulson was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the court, Horansky conceded 8 points on serve (12-8).
The Czech will add to his prize money € 660 after managing to win this match. He has won already € 1,320 after this win. If he wins the next match, Paulson will add € 860 to his earnings to earn € 2,180 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Andrew scored 85 points vs. the Slovakian’s 73.
The Czech didn’t lose the concentration in converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7). On the other side, Filip was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Paulson and Horansky is 1-0 for Andrew.
Draw and next match H2H: Andrew Paulson vs. Ernests Gulbis – stats
Paulson will square off with Gulbis in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Andrew Paulson and Ernests Gulbis since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Filip HoranskyHoransky (6-3 2-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur De GreefDe Greef – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jan SatralSatral – Ruben BemelmansBemelmans (7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Lukas RosolRosol (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Dmitry PopkoPopko (7-63 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Petr NouzaNouza (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Robin HaaseHaase (6-4 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
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (7-64 6-3) – 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
- Oscar OtteOtte – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-4 6-0) – 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
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Elias YmerYmer (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
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Jiri VeselyVesely (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
