Jay Clarke surprises Patric Prinoth 6-3 6-79 6-3 in the 1st round in the Ortisei Challenger on Monday. Clarke will seek to keep on going in this event against Alexandre Muller in the 2nd round.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Brit clinched in the 4th game (3-1) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
The Brit converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Jay didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 49 points. The Brit conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Patric (28-21). Clarke lost 7 points on serve (21-7). On the losing side, Patric conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, the Italian won a thrilling breaker 11-9 after a huge fight with 20 points played.
Tiebreak
The Italian won 7 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 7th (3-4), 10th (5-5), 14th (7-7), 18th (9-9), 19th (10-9) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, Clarke won 5 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 16th (8-8) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. The Italian saved 3 set points when he was 5-6, 6-7 and 7-8 down. Also, on the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 87 points. Prinoth conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Jay (46-41). The Italian lost 10 points on serve (34-10). In addition, on the other side, Clarke conceded 12 points on serve (31-12).
Prinoth had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Clarke in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the Brit was not done to come back to break Patric in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Brit converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Patric was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They contested 60 points. Clarke won 8 more points than the Italian (34-26). Clarke conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).
Jay will add to his prize money € 270 after winning this match. He has won already € 730 after this win. If he wins the next match, Jay will add € 530 to his earnings to get in total € 1,260 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:58
At the end of the match, the Brit scored 103 points vs. the Italian’s 93.
Jay served exceptionally well to win 88% of the points (38/43) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (32/54) on his second serve. The Brit was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6). On the other side, Prinoth was stunning 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 Clarke and Prinoth is 1-0 for Jay.
Draw and next match H2H: Jay Clarke vs. Alexandre Muller – stats
Clarke will take on Muller in the 2nd round.
This will be the 4th time that Jay Clarke and Alexandre Muller play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Clarke (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Muller won 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Lisbon Challenger back in October 2020.
Tennis Scores in Ortisei Challenger
- Federico GaioGaio – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-64 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Maxime CressyCressy (7-65 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Patric PrinothPrinoth (6-3 6-79 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Jurij RodionovRodionov (5-7 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Matteo ViolaViola – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Federico GaioGaio – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Blaz RolaRola (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Daniel MasurMasur – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Jay ClarkeClarke (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Antoine HoangHoang (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lukas KleinKlein – Julian LenzLenz (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (0-0) – H2H details and stats
