Yannick Maden prevails over Arthur De Greef 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Prague Challenger on Tuesday. Maden will seek to keep on going in this event against Henri Laaksonen in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
Yannick won the set after he broke Arthur in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Arthur lost the 5th game (3-2) when he was serving and leading 40-0.
Yannick converted 22% of his break points (2/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Belgian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 40-A).
They played 78 points. Maden won 6 points more than the Belgian (42-36). Yannick lost 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the net, Arthur conceded 24 points on serve (28-24).
Maden overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking De Greef in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Maden to win the set because Arthur found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Yannick kept his cool to break the Belgian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
The German converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, De Greef converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40), the 7th (2-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They contested 65 points. Maden was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Arthur (35-30). Yannick conceded 15 points on serve (19-15). on the other side of the net, Arthur conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).
Maden will add to his prize money € 860 after managing to win this match. He has won already € 2,180 after this win. If he wins the next match, the German will add € 1,530 to his earnings to earn € 3,710 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, the German scored 77 points vs. Arthur’s 66.
Yannick won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Belgian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Maden and De Greef is 2-1 for Yannick.
Draw and next match H2H: Yannick Maden vs. Henri Laaksonen – stats
Maden will face Laaksonen in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Yannick Maden and Henri Laaksonen 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
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-5 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Yannick MadenMaden – Arthur De GreefDe Greef (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Jan SatralSatral (6-3 3-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-2 2-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-2 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
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (2-6 6-4 6-3) – 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
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Blaz RolaRola (6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-1 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-0 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 5-7 4-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Oscar OtteOtte (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Yannick MadenMaden (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elias YmerYmer – Tomas MachacMachac (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