Henri Laaksonen survives Jan Satral 6-3 3-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Prague Challenger on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Laaksonen is going to play against Yannick Maden in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
Laaksonen had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Satral in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was sufficient for the Swiss to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Henri converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Satral wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-2 30-40).
They played 57 points. Laaksonen conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Jan (34-23). Laaksonen conceded 8 points on serve (22-8). On the losing side, the Czech conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
Satral got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Laaksonen in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was sufficient for the Czech to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Jan converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Swiss was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 77 points. Jan was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than the Swiss (41-36). Satral conceded 20 points on serve (30-20). On the losing side, Laaksonen conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
Laaksonen conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Henri broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th () game to conquer the set 7-5.
Laaksonen converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). On the other side, Satral was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They played 68 points. Henri was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Jan (38-30). Laaksonen lost 7 points on serve (22-7). on the other side of the court, the Czech conceded 16 points on serve (23-16).
The Swiss 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 Swiss will add € 1,530 to his earnings to earn € 3,710 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, the Swiss scored 108 points vs. the Czech’s 94.
Laaksonen served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (27/36) behind his first serve, and he won 66% points (33/50) on his second serve. Henri won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 25% (3/12) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Czech was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Laaksonen and Satral is 1-0 for Henri.
Draw and next match H2H: Henri Laaksonen vs. Yannick Maden – stats
Laaksonen will face Maden in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Henri Laaksonen and Yannick Maden since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger
- Yannick MadenMaden – Arthur De GreefDe Greef (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-2 2-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-5 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- 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
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-67 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-0 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (4-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Blaz RolaRola (6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-1 4-6 6-1) – 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
- 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
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (2-6 6-4 6-3) – 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
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Yannick MadenMaden (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elias YmerYmer – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H details and stats
