Sebastian Korda beats Tsonga in the 1st round. Sonego next. HIGHLIGHTS – MONTPELLIER RESULTS

OPEN SUD DE FRANCE - MONTPELLIER DRAW AND RESULTS. Korda prevails over Tsonga to come up against Lorenzo Sonego in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Korda vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Sebastian Korda beats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Montpellier on Monday. Korda will square off with Lorenzo Sonego in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes.

Korda
Montpellier
Korda's Record

Korda added to his prize money € 1,500 after conquering this match. He has won already € 5,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, Korda will add € 2,700 to his earnings to get in total € 8,200 in total.

Korda was elated about how things unfolded. He commented:

“To get the chance to be able to play against him was an honor for me. I hope he can stay healthy and keep playing tennis.

He’s such an incredible entertainer and an incredible person”.

“I just tried to stay focussed and take care of my side of the court.

I know he hasn’t played tennis in 14 months [or so], so it definitely wasn’t easy for him. I’m super happy with the way I played.”

Highlights Sebastian Korda vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Open Sud de France – Montpellier

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Korda
Tsonga
Sebastian Korda
6-4 6-2
1h:12
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
63
63
Total points
43
43
26
26
Winners
25
25
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
58%
58%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
65%
65%
1st in
60%
60%
87%
87%
1st won
69%
69%
26/30
26/30
1st won
25/36
25/36
75%
75%
2nd won
42%
42%
12/16
12/16
2nd won
10/24
10/24
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
0/2
0/2
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Sebastian scored 63 points vs. Jo-Wilfried’s 43.

Korda

Korda served exceptionally well to win 87% of the points (26/30) behind his first serve, and he won 75% points (12/16) on his second serve. The American was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).

Tsonga

On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Korda and Tsonga is 1-0 for Sebastian.

Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Korda vs. Lorenzo Sonego – stats

Korda will face Sonego in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Sebastian Korda and Lorenzo Sonego since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Sebastian Korda Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Sebastian snatched in the 9th game (5-4) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Sebastian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, Sebastian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 47 points. The American conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the French player (28-19). Korda was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (20-2). on the other side of the net, Jo-Wilfried conceded 8 points on serve (17-8).

2nd Set -
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The American in this set was too good for Jo-Wilfried and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Jo-Wilfried 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Jo-Wilfried had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Korda converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). In addition on the other side, the French player converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 59 points. Korda won 11 points more than Tsonga (35-24). The American dropped 6 points on serve (18-6). on the other side of the net, Tsonga conceded 17 points on serve (18-17).

 

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