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

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 1^st 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 1^st (0-0 30-40) and the 5^th 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 5^th (3-2) game. Griekspoor tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (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 13^th (7-6) and 14^th (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 5^th (2-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11^th 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 6^th 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

6-4 7-6⁶

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, .

Tennis Scores in Prague II Challenger

• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-4 7-6⁶) – Stats and score progression