Vasek Pospisil outlasts Illya Marchenko 6-2 5-7 7-65 in the 1st round in Sofia on Monday after winning a huge battle. Pospisil will play Jan-Lennard Struff in the 2nd round.
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Pospisil had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Marchenko in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Pospisil managed to boost his lead after breaking Marchenko in the 8th (6-2) game before managing to win the set.
The Canadian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, the Ukrainian 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 contested 47 points. Pospisil won 13 more points than Illya (30-17). The Canadian surrendered 5 points on serve (17-5). In addition, on the other side, Marchenko conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Ukrainian clinched in the 11th game (6-5) just before eventually managing to win the set (7-5).
Illya converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Canadian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 5th game (3-2 30-40).
They played 75 points. Marchenko was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Pospisil (40-35). Marchenko surrendered 12 points on serve (28-12). on the other side of the court, Vasek conceded 12 points on serve (23-12).
Pospisil conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 9th (4-5) game, Pospisil broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-5.
Tiebreak
Pospisil won 4 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Marchenko won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 4th (4-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 0-4, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-c
Vasek converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-5 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Marchenko converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 9th (4-4 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 80 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Canadian won just 2 more points than Marchenko (41-39). Vasek conceded 13 points on serve (25-13). on the other side of the court, Marchenko conceded 16 points on serve (26-16).
The Canadian will add to his prize money € 2,010 after winning this match. He has won already € 7,425 after this win. If he wins the next match, Pospisil will add € 1,815 to his earnings to get in total € 9,240 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Pospisil scored 106 points vs. Marchenko’s 96.
The Canadian served pretty well to win 79% of the points (48/61) behind his first serve, and he won 51% points (18/35) on his second serve. The Canadian won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Ukrainian was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 20% – 2/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Pospisil and Marchenko is 3-1 for Vasek.
Draw and next match H2H: Vasek Pospisil vs. Jan-Lennard Struff – stats
Pospisil will play Struff in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Vasek Pospisil and Jan-Lennard Struff clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Pospisil and Struff (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
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