PRAGUE II CHALLENGER. Unrelenting Karatsev claims the the Prague II Challenger

PRAGUE II CHALLENGER FINAL RESULT. Karatsev conquers his 1st challenger title after beating Griekspoor in 2 sets.

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Aslan Karatsev vs. Tallon Griekspoor

Aslan Karatsev aces Tallon Griekspoor 6-4 7-66 in the final of the Prague II Challenger on Sunday.

Score, report, and key facts

Karatsev had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Griekspoor in the 1st game (1-0). That break was the key for the Russian to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.

Karatsev converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A). On the other side, Aslan didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 61 points. Aslan was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Griekspoor (34-27). Karatsev dropped 5 points on serve (20-5). Regarding the other side of the net, the Dutch conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).

Karatsev won the set after he broke Griekspoor in the 5th (3-2) game. Griekspoor tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Notwithstanding, Karatsev refused to give way to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 6.

Tiebreak

Aslan won 2 minibreaks in the 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-c

Aslan converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). The Russian saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, Tallon was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).

They contested 89 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Karatsev won just 3 more points than Griekspoor (46-43). Aslan surrendered 11 points on serve (28-11). on the other side of the court, Tallon conceded 18 points on serve (32-18).

The Russian pocketed € 7,520 after reaching this final. He has earned € 18,290 prize money after conquering this tournament.

Match Statistics

Karatsev
Griekspoor
Aslan Karatsev
6-4 7-66
Tallon Griekspoor
80
80
Total points
71
71
29
29
Winners
39
39
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
55%
55%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
4
4
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
54%
54%
1st in
63%
63%
83%
83%
1st won
72%
72%
29/35
29/35
1st won
39/54
39/54
67%
67%
2nd won
50%
50%
20/30
20/30
2nd won
16/32
16/32
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
Total
1/1
1/1
29%
29%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 80 points vs. the Dutch’s 71.

Aslan served pretty well to win 83% of the points (29/35) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (20/30) on his second serve. The Russian won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Griekspoor was fantastic in converting the only break point that he converted. Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Karatsev and Griekspoor is 1-1.

At challenger level, this was the 2 career title for Aslan. he won the previous titles at the Prague II Challenger At challenger level, Tallon remains with 2 titles after he conquered the tournament at the Tampere Challenger 2018, at the Banja Luka Challenger 2019, .

Aslan Karatsev Draw info

Tennis Scores in Prague II Challenger