Nikoloz Basilashvili topples Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Munich on Thursday. Basilashvili will try to keep the momentum against Norbert Gombos in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 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 qualifications in 2014. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Daniel Elahi Galan BMW Open – Munich
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:16
At the end of the match, Nikoloz scored 63 points vs. Elahi Galan Riveros’s 51.
Basilashvili
The Georgean was pretty effective at converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Elahi Galan Riveros
On the other side, Daniel was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Basilashvili and Elahi Galan Riveros is 1-0 for Nikoloz.
Draw and next match H2H: Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Norbert Gombos – stats
Basilashvili will take on Gombos in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Norbert Gombos clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gombos (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Nikoloz grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) before finally winning the set (6-4).
They played 66 points. Basilashvili won 6 more points than Elahi Galan Riveros (36-30). The Georgean surrendered 10 points on serve (25-10). on the other side of the net, Elahi Galan Riveros conceded 11 points on serve (20-11).
Basilashvili had a racing start in this set after breaking Gombos in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more work to do for the Georgean to win the set as the Colombian found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Basilashvili kept his focus to break Daniel in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Elahi Galan Riveros was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Basilashvili converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Elahi Galan Riveros was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (1-2 15-40).
They contested 48 points. Nikoloz was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Colombian (28-20). The Georgean conceded 7 points on serve (13-7). on the other side of the net, the Colombian conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
Tennis Scores in Munich
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (7-63 6-70 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Federico CoriaCoria (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- John MillmanMillman – Guido PellaPella (4-6 2-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-77 6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- John MillmanMillman – Casper RuudRuud (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Norbert GombosGombos (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
