Sebastian Ofner wins against Jonas Forejtek 1-6 7-67 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Prague II Challenger on Monday. Ofner will play Renzo Olivo in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
Jonas was too good to concede only 1 game before breaking Ofner 3 times and win the set 6-1.
Ofner was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Jonas was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Forejtek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 38 points. Forejtek was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than the Austrian (26-12). The Czech was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). In addition, on the other side, the Austrian conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
The Austrian won the set after he broke Jonas in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (3-2) game. Jonas tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Anyhow, Sebastian didn’t make any concession anymore to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 7.
Tiebreak
Sebastian won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Forejtek won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3) and 11th (5-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
The Austrian converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Ofner saved 1 set point when he was trailing 6-7. On the other side, Jonas was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40).
They contested 90 points. This set was so close that, Sebastian won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Sebastian conceded 19 points on serve (23-19). On the losing side, the Czech conceded 22 points on serve (26-22).
Ofner started the set strong after breaking Forejtek in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Austrian reinforced his lead after breaking Forejtek in the 8th (6-2) game before managing to win the set.
Sebastian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Forejtek was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).
They played 49 points. Sebastian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Forejtek (29-20). Ofner conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). On the other side, Jonas conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).
The Austrian will add to his prize money € 860 after winning this match. He has won already € 2,180 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Austrian will add € 1,530 to his earnings to earn € 3,710 in total.
Match Statistics
Ofner won this match even if he scored less points than Forejtek (87 vs. 92).
Sebastian didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8). On the other side, Forejtek didn’t lose the concentration in converting 63% of the break points that he conquered points (5/8). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Ofner and Forejtek is 1-0 for Sebastian.
Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Ofner vs. Renzo Olivo – stats
Ofner will face Olivo in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Ofner and Renzo Olivo clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ofner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Tennis Scores in Prague II Challenger
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- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (7-63 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (1-6 7-67 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (2-6 7-64 7-65) – Stats and score progression
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