Elias Ymer wins against Tomas Machac 4-6 6-3 6-0 in the 3rd round in the Prague Challenger on Wednesday. Ymer will engage against Michael Vrbensky in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
Machac had a strong start of this set after breaking Ymer in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Czech to win the set since the Swede succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) game.
Tomas converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A). Also, on the other side, Elias converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (0-3 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 74 points. Machac won 4 more points than Ymer (39-35). Machac lost 19 points on serve (25-19). In addition, on the other side, Ymer conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
Machac had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Ymer in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Elias found the way to come back to break the Czech in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Elias was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (0-1 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Machac converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 55 points. Elias conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Machac (30-25). Ymer conceded 10 points on serve (18-10). On the losing side, the Czech conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
Machac was totally subdued and Ymer won the set 6-0.
Elias converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40). On the other side, the Swede didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. Ymer conquered the set after winning 16 more points than Machac (31-15). Ymer was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). on the other side of the court, Tomas conceded 19 points on serve (12-19).
The Swede will add to his prize money € 1,530 after conquering this match. He has won already € 3,710 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ymer will add € 2,660 to his earnings to earn € 6,370 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, the Swede scored 96 points vs. the Czech’s 80.
Elias was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (6/12). On the other side, Tomas was well focused in converting 60% of the break points that he procured points (3/5). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Ymer and Machac is 1-0 for Elias.
Draw and next match H2H: Elias Ymer vs. Michael Vrbensky – stats
Ymer will fight against Vrbensky in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Elias Ymer and Michael Vrbensky since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Yannick MadenMaden (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (5-7 7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Zdenek KolarKolar (7-63 2-6 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
- Elias YmerYmer – Tomas MachacMachac (4-6 6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-1 1-6 6-1) – 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