Juan Pablo Ficovich surprises Matteo Gigante 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Trieste Challenger on Wednesday. Pablo Ficovich will seek to keep on going in this event against Lorenzo Musetti in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

Juan in this set played at a much higher level than the Italian and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Matteo in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Gigante was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

The Argentine converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Matteo wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-0 40-A).

They contested 67 points. The Argentine was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the Italian (38-29). Pablo Ficovich lost 8 points on serve (18-8). On the losing side, the Italian conceded 20 points on serve (21-20).

The Argentine won the set after he broke Gigante in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Gigante tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. However, Juan didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-4.

Pablo Ficovich converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Italian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 0-40 and 15-40).

They played 63 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Juan won just 3 points more than Gigante (33-30). The Argentine conceded 9 points on serve (17-9). On the losing side, Matteo conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).

The Argentine will add to his prize money € 1,020 after managing to win this match. He has won already € 2,480 after this win. If he wins the next match, Juan will add € 1,780 to his earnings to earn € 4,260 in total.

Match Statistics

Ficovich
Gigante
6-2 6-4
71
71
Total points
59
59
25
25
Winners
19
19
35%
35%
Ratio Winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
60%
60%
1st in
49%
49%
81%
81%
1st won
50%
50%
25/31
25/31
1st won
19/38
19/38
48%
48%
2nd won
58%
58%
10/21
10/21
2nd won
23/40
23/40
-- Break Points --
4/12
4/12
Total
1/3
1/3
33%
33%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Pablo Ficovich scored 71

points vs. Gigante’s 59.

Pablo Ficovich served very well to win 81% of the points (25/31) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 48% points (10/21) on his second serve. The Argentine won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Matteo had some problems converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Pablo Ficovich and Gigante is 1-0 for Juan.

Draw and next match H2H: Juan Pablo Ficovich vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats

Pablo Ficovich will compete against Musetti in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Juan Pablo Ficovich and Lorenzo Musetti since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

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