Nikoloz Basilashvili surprises Roger Federer 3-6 6-1 7-5 in the quarter in Doha on Thursday. Basilashvili will clash against Taylor Harry Fritz in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the quarter in 2019.
Basilashvili added to his prize money $ 11,895 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 36,940 till now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Nikoloz will add $ 14,400 to his earnings to get in total $ 51,340.
Federer’s performance
The former world no.1 is visibly not ready to play at his very best back-to-back competitive matches. Roger had even a match ball in the 3rd set that was properly saved by Basilashvili, but this was a match that a fit Federer should have won in straight sets.
Federer was unhappy about the result, but happy with how the body did hold. He commented:
“I’m not 100 per cent yet. I can feel it, I can see it. From that standpoint, what’s important is to be 100 per cent by the grasscourt season. I’m still building up.”
Highlights Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Roger Federer Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:50
At the end of the match, Basilashvili scored 98 points vs. the Swiss’s 90.
Basilashvili
The Georgean served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (43/56) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (18/36) on his second serve. Nikoloz fired 12 aces and he committed 5 double faults. The Georgean won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Federer
On the other side, the Swiss was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Basilashvili and Federer is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Taylor Harry Fritz – stats
Basilashvili will compete against Harry Fritz in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Taylor Harry Fritz fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Harry Fritz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Roger conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
They contested 70 points. The Swiss won 16 more points than Basilashvili (43-27). The Swiss conceded 12 points on serve (26-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the Georgean conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).
Basilashvili enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Harry Fritz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nikoloz extended his lead after breaking the Swiss in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
They contested 34 points. Basilashvili conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Roger (23-11). Basilashvili surrendered 7 points on serve (14-7). On the other side, Federer conceded 9 points on serve (4-9).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Basilashvili grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) before eventually winning the set (7-5).
The Georgean surrendered 8 points on serve (26-8). on the other side of the court, Roger conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Roger FedererFederer (3-6 6-1 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Dominic ThiemThiem (7-63 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (5-7 6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Andrey RublevRublev (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-0) – H2H details and stats
