Juan Pablo Ficovich conquers Alejandro Gonzalez 6-3 7-64 in the 1st round in the Sao Paulo Challenger on Monday. Pablo Ficovich is going to play against Pedro Sakamoto in the 2nd round.
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Pablo Ficovich started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Gonzalez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, that was not enough for Pablo Ficovich to win the set since Gonzalez managed to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. Pablo Ficovich maintained his focus to break the Colombian in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Juan converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Colombian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (2-4 15-40).
They played 49 points. The Argentine was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Alejandro (27-22). Pablo Ficovich lost 11 points on serve (17-11). On the losing side, the Colombian conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
Pablo Ficovich won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game, The Argentine broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-4.
A defining moment of this set was when Pablo Ficovich won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the game count from 1-3 to 5-3.
Tiebreak
The Argentine won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Colombian won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 3rd (2-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-c
Pablo Ficovich converted 22% of his break points (2/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Gonzalez converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 92 points. Juan was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Gonzalez (49-43). Pablo Ficovich lost 17 points on serve (26-17). On the losing side, Alejandro conceded 23 points on serve (26-23).
Pablo Ficovich will add to his prize money $ 340 after managing to win this match. He has won already $ 860 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Argentine will add $ 600 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,460 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Juan scored 76 points vs. the Colombian’s 65.
The Argentine won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Colombian was effective when converting 60% of the break points that he procured points (3/5). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Pablo Ficovich and Gonzalez is 2-0 for Juan.
Draw and next match H2H: Juan Pablo Ficovich vs. Pedro Sakamoto – stats
Pablo Ficovich will take on Sakamoto in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Juan Pablo Ficovich and Pedro Sakamoto square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Pablo Ficovich and Sakamoto (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Pablo Ficovich won 3-6 7-5 6-0 in the qualifications in Guayaquil Challenger back in 2017.
Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger
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- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Emilio GomezGomez (5-7 6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
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- Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-2 3-6 3-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (5-7 7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez (6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera (6-3 3-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Igor Ribeiro MarcondesRibeiro Marcondes (6-1 6-77 7-5) – Stats and score progression
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- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H details and stats
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