Daniel Elahi Galan shocks Sebastian Korda 6-1 7-6(7) in the 1st round in Munich on Tuesday. Elahi Galan Riveros will try to keep the momentum against Nikoloz Basilashvili in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes.
Highlights Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Sebastian Korda BMW Open – Munich
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Colombian scored 68 points vs. the American’s 53.
Elahi Galan Riveros
The Colombian served extremely well to win 79% of the points (31/39) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 48% points (13/27) on his second serve. Daniel won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Korda
On the other side, the American wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Elahi Galan Riveros and Korda is 1-0 for Daniel.
Draw and next match H2H: Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili – stats
Elahi Galan Riveros will compete against Basilashvili in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Daniel Elahi Galan and Nikoloz Basilashvili since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Elahi Galan Riveros was far too good to drop just 1 game before breaking the American 2 times and win the set 6-1.
The American was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Colombian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They contested 43 points. Daniel was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Sebastian (26-17). Daniel conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Korda conceded 8 points on serve (8-8).
Elahi Galan Riveros conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Basilashvili in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, there was more to do for the Colombian to win the set because Sebastian succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Daniel kept his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 7.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Daniel won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the game count from 0-0 to 4-0. However also Sebastian won 5 consecutive games from 1-5 to 6-5
Tiebreak
Elahi Galan Riveros won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 9th (4-5) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Korda won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 6th (4-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
The Colombian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Daniel saved 3 set points when he was 3-5, 4-5 and 6-7 down. Furthermore, on the other side, Korda converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had his opportunities in the 8th (2-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 77 points. Daniel conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Sebastian (42-35). Elahi Galan Riveros dropped 12 points on serve (27-12). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).
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