Kevin Anderson survives Dennis Novak 6-72 6-4 7-66 in the 1st round in Vienna on Monday after winning a huge battle. Anderson will try to keep the momentum against Pablo Carreno-Busta in the 2nd round.
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Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. the Austrian had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
Dennis won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Anderson won a minibreak in the 6th (1-5) point.
The Austrian won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Kevin was spot on in converting all his break points in the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 73 points. Novak conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Kevin (40-33). The Austrian conceded 7 points on serve (29-7). on the other side of the net, the South african conceded 11 points on serve (26-11).
Kevin won the set after he broke Novak in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. Novak tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Nonetheless, Kevin didn’t lose the lead to win the set 6-4.
Kevin failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.
An important stage of this set was when the South African won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.
Kevin was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 6th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Dennis was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They played 57 points. The South African was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Novak (31-26). The South African surrendered 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the net, Novak conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Anderson won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.
Tiebreak
The South African won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Novak won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 7th (4-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-c
Kevin was unable to convert any of the 5 conquered break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). Anderson saved 4 set points when he was 3-5, 3-6, 4-6 and 5-6 down. On the other side, the South african didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 91 points. Anderson was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Dennis (50-41). Kevin surrendered 7 points on serve (28-7). On the losing side, Dennis conceded 22 points on serve (34-22).
The South African will add to his prize money € 14,660 after winning this match. He has won already € 32,755 after this win. If he wins the next match, the South African will add € 8,745 to his earnings to get in total € 41,500 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the South African scored 113 points vs. the Austrian’s 108.
The South African served extremely well to win 84% of the points (53/63) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (20/40) on his second serve. The South African blasted 18 aces and he committed 7 double faults. Kevin won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Novak was fantastic in converting the only break point that he converted. However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Anderson and Novak is 1-0 for Kevin.
Draw and next match H2H: Kevin Anderson vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta – stats
Anderson will fight against Carreno-Busta in the 2nd round.
This will be the 6th time that Kevin Anderson and Pablo Carreno-Busta square off. The head to head is 4-1 for Anderson (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
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