Pierre-Hugues Herbert conquers Jonas Forejtek 2-6 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Prague Challenger on Monday. Herbert will face Zdenek Kolar in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

Herbert conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Forejtek in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the Czech managed to stage a great comeback to break Pierre-Hugues 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

the French player had no answers in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 0-2 to 6-2.

Jonas converted 37% of his break points (3/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the French player converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 55 points. The Czech was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Herbert (34-21). Forejtek surrendered 5 points on serve (14-5). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 20 points on serve (16-20).

Herbert won the set after he broke Jonas in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Czech tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nonetheless, the French player stayed solid to win the set 6-4.

Herbert converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Czech converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 61 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the French player won just 3 points more than the Czech (32-29). Pierre-Hugues lost 11 points on serve (19-11). On the other side, the Czech conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Herbert grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) before eventually winning the set (6-3).

the French player was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, the Czech wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They played 62 points. Herbert was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Jonas (35-27). the French player dropped 11 points on serve (23-11

). In addition, on the other side, the Czech conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).

Pierre-Hugues will add to his prize money € 860 after conquering this match. He has won already € 2,180 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add € 1,530 to his earnings to earn € 3,710 in total.

Match Statistics

Herbert
Forejtek
2-6 6-4 6-3
88
88
Total points
90
90
40
40
Winners
31
31
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
1
1
9
9
Double Faults
1
1
51%
51%
1st in
62%
62%
78%
78%
1st won
65%
65%
40/51
40/51
1st won
31/48
31/48
37%
37%
2nd won
57%
57%
18/49
18/49
2nd won
17/30
17/30
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
4/11
4/11
67%
67%
Won
36%
36%
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Pierre-Hugues won this match even if he scored less points than Jonas (88 vs. 90

).

the French player served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (40/51) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 37% points (18/49) on his second serve. Herbert was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6). On the other side, Forejtek had a tough time converting his break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Herbert and Forejtek is 1-0 for Pierre-Hugues.

Draw and next match H2H: Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Zdenek Kolar – stats

Herbert will take on Kolar in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Zdenek Kolar since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

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