Pedro Sakamoto surprises Juan Pablo Ficovich 7-64 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Sao Paulo Challenger on Wednesday. Sakamoto will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Maxime Janvier in the quarter.
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Sakamoto won the set after he broke Pablo Ficovich in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Juan tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Yet, Pedro didn’t lose the lead to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Pedro won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the game count from 0-1 to 4-1. Yet also Juan won 4 consecutive games from 1-4 to 5-4
Tiebreak
The Brazilian won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Juan won a minibreak in the 7th (2-5) point.
The Brazilian won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-c
Sakamoto converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Juan converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (1-4 0-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 112 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Sakamoto won just 2 points more than Juan (57-55). Sakamoto lost 22 points on serve (28-22). On the other side, Pablo Ficovich conceded 29 points on serve (33-29).
Pablo Ficovich had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Sakamoto in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Pedro found the way to come back to break the Argentine 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Sakamoto converted 37% of his break points (3/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Pablo Ficovich converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40).
They played 78 points. This set was so close that, Pedro won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. The Brazilian dropped 20 points on serve (18-20). Regarding the other side of the net, Pablo Ficovich conceded 21 points on serve (19-21).
The Brazilian will add to his prize money $ 600 after winning this match. He has won already $ 1,460 after this win. If he wins the next match, Sakamoto will add $ 1,050 to his earnings to get in total $ 2,510 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:20
At the end of the match, Sakamoto scored 96 points vs. Pablo Ficovich’s 94.
Pedro won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Juan was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (5/10). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Sakamoto and Pablo Ficovich is 2-1 for Pedro.
Draw and next match H2H: Pedro Sakamoto vs. Maxime Janvier – stats
Sakamoto will compete against Janvier in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Pedro Sakamoto and Maxime Janvier since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-3 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-65 6-74 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (7-64 7-5) – Stats and score progression
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