PRAGUE CHALLENGER. Maden tops De Greef in the 2nd round of the the Prague Challenger

PRAGUE CHALLENGER DRAW AND RESULTS. Maden gets the better of De Greef to fight against Henri Laaksonen in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Yannick Maden vs. Arthur De Greef

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

Maden
Greef
Yannick Maden
6-3 6-4
Arthur De Greef
77
77
Total points
66
66
20
20
Winners
24
24
26%
26%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
3
3
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
53%
53%
1st in
46%
46%
63%
63%
1st won
63%
63%
20/32
20/32
1st won
24/38
24/38
61%
61%
2nd won
42%
42%
17/28
17/28
2nd won
19/45
19/45
-- Break Points --
5/14
5/14
Total
2/5
2/5
36%
36%
Won
40%
40%
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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.

Yannick Maden Draw info

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