Norbert Gombos survives Federico Delbonis 5-7 7-6(4) 7-6(1) in the 2nd round in Marbella on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Gombos will try to keep the momentum against Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the quarter. The epic lasted 3 hours and 20 minutes.
The Slovakian added to his prize money € 2,535 after conquering this match. He has won already € 7,995 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Slovakian will add € 3,700 to his earnings to get in total € 11,695 in total.
Gombos was happy about the result. He commented:
“It was an incredible match. From the beginning I felt so comfortable on the court and hitting the ball. I had really good feelings. Today was not easy, because there was a lot of wind and it was my first match on clay after the hard season.”
Highlights Norbert Gombos vs. Federico Delbonis Anytech365 Andalucia Open – Marbella
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Gombos won this encounter even if he won less points than Federico (128 vs. 129).
Gombos
The Slovakian was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (6/12).
Delbonis
On the other side, Delbonis was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 47% – 7/15). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Gombos and Delbonis is 1-0 for Norbert.
Draw and next match H2H: Norbert Gombos vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas – stats
Gombos will fight against Ramos-Vinolas in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Norbert Gombos and Albert Ramos-Vinolas face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ramos-Vinolas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Ramos-Vinolas won 6-4 5-7 6-4 in the qualifications in Munich back in 2014.
Live score progression and stats
Gombos had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Ramos-Vinolas in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the Argentine succeeded in coming back to break Norbert 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Delbonis converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (0-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, Norbert converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40).
They contested 83 points. Delbonis won 7 more points than Gombos (45-38). The Argentine conceded 13 points on serve (20-13). On the other side, Norbert conceded 25 points on serve (25-25).
Ramos-Vinolas had a great start in this set after breaking Gombos in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Norbert managed to stage a good comeback to break Delbonis 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.
The Slovakian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.
Tiebreak
Norbert won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Argentine won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2) and 10th (4-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
They played 78 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Norbert won just 2 more points than the Argentine (40-38). Norbert lost 21 points on serve (19-21). In addition, on the other side, Delbonis conceded 21 points on serve (17-21).
Gombos got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Ramos-Vinolas in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, that was not enough for the Slovakian to win the set as Federico managed to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. Gombos maintained his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 1.
Tiebreak
Gombos won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
The Slovakian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Argentine converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 30-40), the 7th (2-4 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They played 94 points. Norbert conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Federico (49-45). Norbert surrendered 17 points on serve (29-17). On the other side, the Argentine conceded 20 points on serve (28-20).
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