Aslan Karatsev surprises Pierre-Hugues Herbert 7-5 7-67 in the semifinal in the Prague Challenger on Friday. Karatsev will clash against Stan Wawrinka in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

Karatsev conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Russian broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.

Pierre-Hugues lost the 11th game (6-5) when he was serving and leading 40-0.

Karatsev converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (1-3 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Herbert converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40).

They contested 81 points. Aslan won 5 points more than Herbert (43-38). Karatsev dropped 16 points on serve (26-16). On the losing side, the French player conceded 17 points on serve (22-17).

The Russian won the set after he broke the French player in the 3rd (2-1) game. Herbert tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Anyhow, Aslan maintained the focus to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 1.

Tiebreak

The only difference was a minibreak conquered by the Russian in the 1st point. On the other side, the French player won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1) and 6th (5-1) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-c

The Russian converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Pierre-Hugues converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th

game (4-3 30-40).

They played 86 points. It’s worth to point out that, Aslan won this set even if he scored less points 6 than the French player (40-46). Karatsev lost 18 points on serve (26-18). On the other side, the French player conceded 14 points on serve (28-14).

Karatsev will add to his prize money € 4,400 after managing to win this match. He has won already € 10,770 after this win. If he wins the next match, Karatsev will add € -10,770 to his earnings to earn € 0 in total.

Match Statistics

Karatsev
Herbert
7-5 7-67
91
91
Total points
86
86
39
39
Winners
34
34
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
5
5
6
6
Double Faults
4
4
55%
55%
1st in
64%
64%
76%
76%
1st won
63%
63%
39/51
39/51
1st won
34/54
34/54
44%
44%
2nd won
55%
55%
18/41
18/41
2nd won
17/31
17/31
-- Break Points --
3/11
3/11
Total
2/5
2/5
27%
27%
Won
40%
40%
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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 91 points vs. the French player’s 86.

The Russian served pretty well to win 76% of the points (39/51) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 44% points (18/41) on his second serve. Aslan won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Herbert was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Karatsev and Herbert is 1-0 for Aslan.

Draw and next match H2H: Aslan Karatsev vs. Stan Wawrinka – stats

Karatsev will compete against Wawrinka in the final.

There is no head to head record between Aslan Karatsev and Stan Wawrinka since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

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