NEW YORK. Gombos bests Travaglia in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Gombos topples Travaglia to face Soon-Woo Kwon in the next round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Stefano Travaglia

Norbert Gombos victorious over Stefano Travaglia 7-66 4-6 6-4 in the qualifications in New York on Thursday. Gombos will clash against Soon-Woo Kwon in the next round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st Set -
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Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, the Slovakian won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Tiebreak

Norbert won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (3-4) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Travaglia won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 5th (3-2) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Gombos saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. Furthermore, on the other side, the Slovakian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 75 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Gombos won only 1 point more than Travaglia (38-37). Gombos surrendered 9 points on serve (31-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 7 points on serve (28-7).

2nd Set -
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Gombos conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Travaglia in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Stefano refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Slovakian in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The Slovakian was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.

The Italian converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 8th (3-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Slovakian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 68 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Gombos (37-31). Stefano conceded 14 points on serve (25-14). on the other side of the court, the Slovakian conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).

3rd Set -
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Norbert won the set after he broke Stefano in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Stefano tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nevertheless, Norbert didn’t lose the lead to win the set 6-4.

Stefano surrendered the 9th game (5-4) when he was 40-0 up.

The Slovakian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). On the other side, the Italian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 62 points. Norbert conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Stefano (33-29). Gombos lost 12 points on serve (19-12). On the other side, Stefano conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).

Match Statistics

Gombos
Travaglia
Norbert Gombos
7-66 4-6 6-4
Stefano Travaglia
102
102
Total points
103
103
50
50
Winners
43
43
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
16
16
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
67%
67%
1st in
51%
51%
76%
76%
1st won
80%
80%
50/66
50/66
1st won
43/54
43/54
48%
48%
2nd won
52%
52%
16/33
16/33
2nd won
27/52
27/52
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
3/9
3/9
50%
50%
Won
33%
33%
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Norbert won this match even if he won less points than Travaglia (102 vs. 103).

Gombos served pretty well to win 76% of the points (50/66) behind his first serve. However he won only 48% points (16/33) on his second serve. Norbert was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6). On the other side, Travaglia was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Gombos and Travaglia is 1-2 for Stefano.

Draw and next match H2H: Norbert Gombos vs. Soon-Woo Kwon – stats

Gombos will play Kwon in the next round.

There is no head to head record between Norbert Gombos and Soon-Woo Kwon since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

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