Arthur Rinderknech bests Daniel Masur 6-3 6-3 in the 3rd round in the Prague II Challenger on Wednesday. Rinderknech will try to keep the momentum against Dmitry Popko in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
Masur was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Rinderknech in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Arthur succeeded in coming back to break Daniel 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Masur was powerless in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 0-3 to 6-3.
Rinderknech converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-3 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Daniel was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40).
They played 55 points. Rinderknech was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Daniel (31-24). Rinderknech surrendered 8 points on serve (13-8). on the other side of the court, the German conceded 18 points on serve (16-18).
Rinderknech had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Masur in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break resulted decisive for Rinderknech to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
the French player converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 54 points. Rinderknech was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Daniel (31-23). Arthur lost 6 points on serve (20-6). In addition, on the other side, Masur conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).
Arthur will add to his prize money € 1,530 after managing to win this match. He has won already € 3,710 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add € 2,660 to his earnings to earn € 6,370 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Arthur scored 62 points vs. Masur’s 47.
Rinderknech was effective when converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7). On the other side, Daniel was absolutely great in converting the only break point that he converted. Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Rinderknech and Masur is 1-0 for Arthur.
Draw and next match H2H: Arthur Rinderknech vs. Dmitry Popko – stats
Rinderknech will square off with Popko in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Arthur Rinderknech and Dmitry Popko since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Prague II Challenger
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Daniel MasurMasur (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Yannick MadenMaden (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Robin HaaseHaase – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-3 6-2) – 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
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Ernests GulbisGulbis (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Robin HaaseHaase (0-1) – H2H details and stats
