Frederico Ferreira Silva outpaces Hugo Grenier 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in the Maia Challenger on Wednesday after playing a extraordinary match to play Andrea Arnaboldi in the 2nd round.
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Ferreira Silva had a strong start of this set after breaking Grenier in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Frederico to win the set since Grenier managed to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Portuguese won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Frederico converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, Hugo was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (1-5 40-A).
They contested 50 points. The Portuguese was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than the French player (30-20). The Portuguese lost 8 points on serve (20-8). On the losing side, the French player conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
Ferreira Silva conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Grenier in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Frederico to win the set since Grenier found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Ferreira Silva maintained his cool to break the French player in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before managing to win the set (6-2).
The French player was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Frederico converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, the French player was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 0-40).
They played 40 points. Ferreira Silva conquered the set after winning 12 points more than the French player (26-14). The Portuguese lost 7 points on serve (12-7). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).
Ferreira Silva will add to his prize money $ 340 after winning this match. He has won already $ 860 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Portuguese 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, the Portuguese scored 56 points vs. Hugo’s 34.
The Portuguese was effective when converting 71% of the break points that he conquered (5/7). On the other side, Grenier was fantastic in converting all his break points (2/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Ferreira Silva and Grenier is 1-0 for Frederico.
Draw and next match H2H: Frederico Ferreira Silva vs. Andrea Arnaboldi – stats
Ferreira Silva will face Arnaboldi in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Frederico Ferreira Silva and Andrea Arnaboldi square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Arnaboldi (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Arnaboldi won 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Parma Challenger back in November 2020.
Tennis Scores in Maia Challenger
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro SousaSousa – Maxime HamouHamou (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Pavel KotovKotov (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Joao DominguesDomingues (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Julian LenzLenz (6-1 4-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (2-6 7-5 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Daniel MasurMasur (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-3 3-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Paolo LorenziLorenzi – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (5-7 7-67 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-5 3-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Gastao EliasElias – Pedro SousaSousa (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-0) – H2H details and stats
