Federico Delbonis overcomes Andreas Seppi 6-1 7-66 in the 1st round in the Parma Challenger on Tuesday. Delbonis will face Paolo Lorenzi in the 2nd round.
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Delbonis started the set in the best possible way after breaking Seppi in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Federico managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Andreas in the 6th (5-1) game before managing to win the set (6-1).
The Argentine was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 39 points. Federico conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Andreas (26-13). Delbonis conceded 8 points on serve (17-8). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 9 points on serve (5-9).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Delbonis won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.
Tiebreak
The Argentine won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Seppi won a minibreak in the 3rd (2-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-c
Delbonis was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A). Federico saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, Federico didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 94 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Federico won just 2 points more than Seppi (48-46). Delbonis lost 10 points on serve (29-10). On the other side, Andreas conceded 19 points on serve (36-19).
Federico will add to his prize money € 860 after winning this match. He has won already € 2,180 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Argentine will add € 1,530 to his earnings to get in total € 3,710 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Delbonis scored 74 points vs. Andreas’s 59.
The Argentine served very well to win 78% of the points (38/49) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (9/16) on his second serve. Delbonis won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Andreas wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Delbonis and Seppi is 1-0.
Draw and next match H2H: Federico Delbonis vs. Paolo Lorenzi – stats
Delbonis will take on Lorenzi in the 2nd round.
This will be the 9th time that Federico Delbonis and Paolo Lorenzi square off. The head to head is 5-3 for Delbonis (see full H2H stats), 5-3 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Delbonis won 7-5 7-5 in the quarter in Santo Domingo Challenger back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in Parma Challenger
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- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Denis IstominIstomin (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Blaz RolaRola (7-61 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Maxime CressyCressy (6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (6-3 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Hugo GrenierGrenier (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Andreas SeppiSeppi (6-1 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (7-5 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Filippo BaldiBaldi – Taro DanielDaniel (5-7 7-65 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Jason JungJung (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Paolo LorenziLorenzi – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Federico GaioGaio (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-2 4-2 ret.) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (4-0) – H2H details and stats
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Laslo DjereDjere (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Filippo BaldiBaldi (0-0) – H2H details and stats