Carlos Taberner hustles Jozef Kovalik 7-63 6-1 in the quarter in the Maia Challenger on Friday. Taberner is going to play against Duje Ajdukovic in the semifinal.
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Carlos won the set after he broke Kovalik in the 5th (3-2) game. Jozef tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. However, Taberner stayed solid to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 3.
Carlos wasted a good opportunity to break Jozef in the 1st game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
Carlos won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the Slovakian won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 6th (3-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-c
The Spaniard converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Slovakian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 10th (4-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 94 points. Carlos was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Slovakian (51-43). Carlos dropped 16 points on serve (27-16). In addition, on the other side, Jozef conceded 24 points on serve (27-24).
The Spaniard won the set after he broke Kovalik in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
Jozef was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Carlos was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Jozef wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 0th game (0-0 30-40).
They played 39 points. Carlos was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than the Slovakian (26-13). Carlos conceded 6 points on serve (17-6). In addition, on the other side, Kovalik conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).
Taberner will add to his prize money $ 1,050 after winning this match. He has won already $ 2,510 up to now in this event. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add $ 1,730 to his earnings to get in total $ 4,240.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Taberner scored 77 points vs. the Slovakian’s 56.
Taberner served very well to win 76% of the points (31/41) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (14/26) on his second serve. Carlos was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6). On the other side, Jozef wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Taberner and Kovalik is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Taberner vs. Duje Ajdukovic – stats
Taberner will face Ajdukovic in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Carlos Taberner and Duje Ajdukovic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Maia Challenger
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jozef KovalikKovalik (7-63 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (6-2 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro SousaSousa – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-2 3-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Pedro SousaSousa (0-0) – H2H details and stats
