Zdenek Kolar surprises Sebastian Ofner 7-67 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Prague Challenger on Monday. Kolar is going to play against Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Zdenek won a thrilling breaker 9-7 after a huge fight with 16 points played.
Tiebreak
Kolar won 6 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 11th (6-5), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Sebastian won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 9th (4-5) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-c
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the Austrian was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They played 96 points. It’s worth to point out that, Kolar won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Ofner (47-49). Zdenek lost 22 points on serve (35-22). on the other side of the court, Ofner conceded 12 points on serve (27-12).
Kolar had a strong start of this set after breaking Ofner in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more to do for Zdenek to win the set since Ofner managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. The Czech maintained his focus to break the Austrian in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before managing to win the set (7-5).
Ofner was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-5 to 7-5.
The Czech converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40), the 9th (3-5 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). On the other side, Ofner was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A).
They contested 72 points. Zdenek was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than the Austrian (39-33). Kolar lost 13 points on serve (22-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Ofner conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).
Zdenek 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 Czech will add € 1,530 to his earnings to earn € 3,710 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Kolar scored 86 points vs. the Austrian’s 82.
Kolar was well focused in converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (3/4). On the other side, Ofner had a tough time converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Kolar and Ofner is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Zdenek Kolar vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert – stats
Kolar will take on Herbert in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Zdenek Kolar and Pierre-Hugues Herbert since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Steven DiezDiez (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Jan SatralSatral (6-3 3-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-5 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-1 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-67 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (2-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (4-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (5-7 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 5-7 4-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-1 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Blaz RolaRola (6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-0 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Oscar OtteOtte (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Arthur De GreefDe Greef – Yannick MadenMaden (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H details and stats
