Pierre-Hugues Herbert stuns Tsitsipas in the quarter. HIGHLIGHTS – MARSEILLE RESULTS

OPEN 13 PROVENCE - MARSEILLE DRAW AND RESULTS. Herbert upsets Tsitsipas to take on Ugo Humbert in the semifinal

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas

Pierre-Hugues Herbert shocks Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(6) 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Marseille on Friday. Herbert will seek to keep on going in this event against Ugo Humbert in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 5 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2018 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Herbert
Marseille
Herbert's Record

The French player added to his prize money € 4,850 after winning this match. He has won already € 15,300 as of now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Pierre-Hugues will add € 5,100 to his earnings to get in total € 20,400.

Herbert was happy about the outcome of the match. He commented:

“It’s incredible, it’s my first win against a top-five player. I knew that I’d have to play a great match to win and that’s what I did.”

Highlights Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Open 13 Provence – Marseille

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Herbert
Tsitsipas
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
6-76 6-4 6-2
2h:05
Stefanos Tsitsipas
93
93
Total points
83
83
37
37
Winners
38
38
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
56%
56%
1st in
64%
64%
79%
79%
1st won
64%
64%
37/47
37/47
1st won
38/59
38/59
62%
62%
2nd won
64%
64%
23/37
23/37
2nd won
21/33
21/33
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
Total
2/2
2/2
63%
63%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Herbert scored 93 points vs. Tsitsipas’s 83.

Herbert

The French player served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (37/47) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (23/37) on his second serve. The French player was pretty effective at converting 63% of the break points that he conquered (5/8).

Tsitsipas

On the other side, Tsitsipas was great in converting all his break points (2/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Herbert and Tsitsipas is 2-0 for Pierre-Hugues.

Draw and next match H2H: Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Ugo Humbert – stats

Herbert will face Humbert in the semifinal.

This will be the 3rd time that Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Ugo Humbert play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Humbert (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they played each other, Humbert won 6-4 6-2 in the final in Ortisei Challenger back in 2018.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Tsitsipas won the set after he broke Herbert in the 3rd (2-1) game. Herbert tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) and in the 11th (5-6) game. Notwithstanding, the Greek maintained the focus to win the set 7-6.

 

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the French player conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

 

Herbert had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Humbert in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Herbert to win the set as the Greek succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Pierre-Hugues maintained his cool to break Tsitsipas in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Tsitsipas was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.

 

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