Mohamed Safwat aces Thomaz Bellucci 2-6 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Campinas Challenger on Wednesday. Safwat is going to play against Roberto Carballes Baena in the quarter.
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Bellucci in this set was too good for Mohamed and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Safwat in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Egyptian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
They played 49 points. Thomaz was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Safwat (29-20). The Brazilian conceded 8 points on serve (19-8). On the losing side, Mohamed conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
Bellucci had a great start in this set after breaking Safwat in the 1st game (1-0). However, Safwat managed to stage a great comeback to break the Brazilian in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Mohamed was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Bellucci converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 68 points. Safwat won 6 more points than Bellucci (37-31). The Egyptian conceded 15 points on serve (24-15). In addition, on the other side, the Brazilian conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Safwat conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Bellucci in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Mohamed to win the set since Thomaz succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game.
Safwat failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.
Mohamed converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Thomaz was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (1-5 40-A).
They contested 53 points. Mohamed conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Brazilian (30-23). Safwat dropped 12 points on serve (19-12). On the losing side, Bellucci conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
The Egyptian will add to his prize money $ 600 after managing to win this match. He has won already $ 1,460 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Egyptian will add $ 1,050 to his earnings to get in total $ 2,510 in total.
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After this encounter, the head to head between Safwat and Bellucci is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Mohamed Safwat vs. Roberto Carballes Baena – stats
Safwat will play Carballes Baena in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Mohamed Safwat and Roberto Carballes Baena face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Carballes Baena (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Carballes Baena won 6-0 6-2 in the 2nd round in Liberec Challenger back in 2014.
Tennis Scores in Campinas Challenger
- Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (2-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Vit KoprivaKopriva (4-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
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