Henri Laaksonen overcomes Yannick Maden 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in the Prague Challenger on Wednesday. Laaksonen will face off with Aslan Karatsev in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
Maden enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Laaksonen in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Maden to win the set since Henri found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (3-3) game. The German maintained his cool to break Laaksonen in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The German was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 2nd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Laaksonen converted 100% of his break points (2/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40) and the 6th game (2-3 40-A).
They contested 70 points. Yannick conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Laaksonen (38-32). The German conceded 14 points on serve (13-14). on the other side of the court, the Swiss conceded 25 points on serve (18-25).
Henri won the set after he broke Maden in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Maden tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. However, Laaksonen managed to stay calm and finish the job to win the set 6-4.
The Swiss converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Yannick converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40) and the 5th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 71 points. Laaksonen conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the German (40-31). Laaksonen surrendered 8 points on serve (19-8). on the other side of the court, Maden conceded 21 points on serve (23-21).
Laaksonen conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Maden in the 1st game (1-0). The Swiss managed to boost his lead after breaking the German in the 9th (6-3) game before managing to win the set.
Laaksonen converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Henri didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 49 points. Laaksonen won 7 points more than the German (28-21). Laaksonen was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the court, Yannick conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
The Swiss will add to his prize money € 1,530 after winning this match. He has won already € 3,710 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Swiss will add € 2,660 to his earnings to earn € 6,370 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Henri scored 101 points vs. Maden’s 90.
Henri served very well to win 76% of the points (35/46) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 42% points (19/45) on his second serve. The Swiss was effective when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (6/9). On the other side, the German was not so effective in converting his break points (only 36% – 5/14). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Laaksonen and Maden is 1-0 for Henri.
Draw and next match H2H: Henri Laaksonen vs. Aslan Karatsev – stats
Laaksonen will play Karatsev in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Henri Laaksonen and Aslan Karatsev since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-1 1-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Yannick MadenMaden (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Zdenek KolarKolar (7-63 2-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Tomas MachacMachac (4-6 6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (5-7 7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Oscar OtteOtte (3-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Ernests GulbisGulbis (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
