Aslan Karatsev topples Enzo Couacaud 3-6 7-5 7-5 in the 1st round in the Prague II Challenger on Monday. Karatsev will play Steven Diez in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
Couacaud started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Karatsev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was sufficient for Couacaud to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
the French player converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Karatsev wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 40-A).
They played 61 points. Enzo was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Karatsev (34-27). Enzo dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Aslan conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).
Karatsev conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Couacaud in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, there was more work to do for the Russian to win the set since the French player succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. The Russian maintained his cool to break Couacaud in the 12th (7-5) game.
Karatsev converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Couacaud converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A).
They contested 81 points. Aslan was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Enzo (43-38). Aslan lost 15 points on serve (27-15). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 16 points on serve (23-16).
Couacaud was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Karatsev in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the Russian managed to stage a great comeback to break Enzo 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Russian converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (0-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). Also, on the other side, Couacaud converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40).
They contested 70 points. Aslan was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Enzo (39-31). The Russian conceded 10 points on serve (18-10). on the other side of the net, Enzo conceded 21 points on serve (21-21).
Aslan will add to his prize money € 660 after conquering this match. He has won already € 1,320 after this win. If he wins the next match, Karatsev will add € 860 to his earnings to earn € 2,180 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Aslan scored 109 points vs. the French player’s 104.
Aslan won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the French player was not so effective in converting his break points (only 29% – 4/14). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Karatsev and Couacaud is 2-1 for Aslan.
Draw and next match H2H: Aslan Karatsev vs. Steven Diez – stats
Karatsev will take on Diez in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Aslan Karatsev and Steven Diez face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Diez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Diez won 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Spain F31 (Sabadell) back in 2017.
Tennis Scores in Prague II Challenger
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (3-6 7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Ruben BemelmansBemelmans – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Pedja KrstinKrstin (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Arthur De GreefDe Greef (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Marek GengelGengel – Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili (6-2 7-61) – Stats and score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (4-6 6-3 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-2 4-6 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Lukas RosolRosol – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-3 6-74 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Tommy RobredoRobredo (4-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Lukas KleinKlein (6-4 7-65) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Matthias BachingerBachinger – Petr NouzaNouza (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Robin HaaseHaase – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ruben BemelmansBemelmans – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Yannick MadenMaden – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Steven DiezDiez – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Lukas RosolRosol (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Vaclav SafranekSafranek – Jan SatralSatral (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Daniel MasurMasur (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Hyeon ChungChung (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marek GengelGengel – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H details and stats
