Lukas Rosol dispatches Filip Horansky 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Prague II Challenger on Tuesday. Rosol will clash against Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
Rosol was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Horansky in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, Horansky found the way to come back to break the Czech in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Horansky won 0 consecutive points in this set from 15-0 1-0 to .
Lukas was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-4 to 6-4.
Horansky converted 100% of his break points (2/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). On the other side, Rosol was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They played 57 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Horansky won just 1 point more than the Czech (29-28). Filip conceded 10 points on serve (17-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).
The Czech in this set stepped up in great fashion to overplay the Slovakian and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Filip in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Rosol converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Lukas didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 56 points. The Czech was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Filip (34-22). The Czech lost 5 points on serve (17-5). Regarding the other side of the net, the Slovakian conceded 17 points on serve (17-17).
Lukas won the set after he broke the Slovakian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Horansky tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, Lukas refused to give way to win the set 6-4.
Rosol was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Horansky converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (2-4 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 55 points. Lukas was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Filip (30-25). Lukas lost 12 points on serve (18-12). On the losing side, Horansky conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
The Czech will add to his prize money € 860 after managing to win this match. He has won already € 2,180 after this win. If he wins the next match, Lukas will add € 1,530 to his earnings to earn € 3,710 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 93 points vs. the Slovakian’s 76.
Rosol served very well to win 82% of the points (41/50) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 38% points (12/32) on his second serve. Lukas won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Horansky didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (3/6
). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.After this match, the head to head between Rosol and Horansky is 2-1 for Lukas.
Draw and next match H2H: Lukas Rosol vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert – stats
Rosol will fight against Herbert in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Lukas Rosol and Pierre-Hugues Herbert clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Herbert (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Herbert won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Miami back in 2016.
Tennis Scores in Prague II Challenger
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- Daniel MasurMasur – Jay ClarkeClarke (7-65 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Robin HaaseHaase – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Lukas RosolRosol – Filip HoranskyHoransky (4-6 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Yannick MadenMaden – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (6-3 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Ruben BemelmansBemelmans (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Steven DiezDiez (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Marek GengelGengel (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (2-6 7-64 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Elias YmerYmer (6-2 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (7-63 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Oscar OtteOtte (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (1-6 7-67 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lukas RosolRosol – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Robin HaaseHaase – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Yannick MadenMaden – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Ernests GulbisGulbis (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Daniel MasurMasur – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (0-0) – H2H details and stats