Stefano Travaglia victorious over Emil Ruusuvuori 7-65 6-3 in the 2nd round in Antalya on Saturday. Travaglia is going to play against David Goffin in the quarter.
Live score progression and stats
Ruusuvuor had a strong start of this set after breaking Travaglia in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, Stefano managed to stage a great comeback to break Emil in the 5th (2-3) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.
Tiebreak
The Italian won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1) and 12th (7-5) point.
The Italian won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-c
Travaglia converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 15-40). On the other side, the Finn was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40).
They played 86 points. Stefano was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Emil (45-41). The Italian surrendered 12 points on serve (30-12). In addition, on the other side, Ruusuvuor conceded 15 points on serve (29-15).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Travaglia grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Italian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Emil was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 60 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Emil (33-27). The Italian surrendered 11 points on serve (23-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Ruusuvuor conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:45
At the end of the match, Stefano scored 79 points vs. Emil’s 67.
Stefano served extremely well to win 76% of the points (32/42) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (21/35) on his second serve. Travaglia won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Ruusuvuor had some problems converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Travaglia and Ruusuvuor is 1-0 for Stefano.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefano Travaglia vs. David Goffin – stats
Travaglia will take on Goffin in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Stefano Travaglia and David Goffin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Travaglia (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Travaglia won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Vercelli Challenger back in 2014.
Tennis Scores in Antalya
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (7-61 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-65 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Jeremy ChardyChardy (7-1) – H2H details and stats
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – David GoffinGoffin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Alexander BublikBublik (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
