Andrej Martin stuns Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1 4-6 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Belgrade on Wednesday. Martin will try to keep the momentum against Dusan Lajovic in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes.
Martin added to his prize money € 6,570 after winning this match. He has won already € 15,595 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Slovakian will add € 11,695 to his earnings to get in total € 27,290 in total.
Highlights Andrej Martin vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili Belgrade 2 – Belgrade
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Martin scored 109 points vs. the Georgean’s 99.
Martin
Martin was pretty focused in converting 69% of the break points that he conquered (9/13).
Basilashvili
On the other side, the Georgean had some problems converting his break points (only 44% – 8/18). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Martin and Basilashvili is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Andrej Martin vs. Dusan Lajovic – stats
Martin will face Lajovic in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Andrej Martin and Dusan Lajovic square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Lajovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Lajovic won 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in Banja Luka Challenger back in 1970.
Live score progression and stats
Martin took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Lajovic in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for the Slovakian to win the set since Basilashvili found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Slovakian kept his cool to break Nikoloz in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Nikoloz was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
The Slovakian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the Georgean converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 44 points. The Slovakian won 14 more points than Nikoloz (29-15). The Slovakian conceded 9 points on serve (13-9). In addition, on the other side, the Georgean conceded 16 points on serve (6-16).
Martin had a favorable start in this set after breaking Lajovic in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Nikoloz found the way to come back to break the Slovakian 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (3-3) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Nikoloz converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 15-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Slovakian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st
(0-0 15-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A).They played 62 points. Nikoloz was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Martin (35-27). The Georgean conceded 12 points on serve (16-12). on the other side of the court, the Slovakian conceded 19 points on serve (15-19).
Martin conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Lajovic in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for the Slovakian to win the set since the Georgean found the way to break back in the 4th
(1-3), in the 6th (2-4), in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Andrej kept his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.Andrej failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.
However also Nikoloz won 4 consecutive games from 2-5 to 6-5
Tiebreak
Andrej won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Georgean won a minibreak in the 6th (3-3) point.
The Slovakian won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Andrej converted 57% of his break points (4/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 0-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Nikoloz converted 44% of his break points (4/9). He had his opportunities in the 4th (0-3 30-40), the 6th (1-4 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (2-5 15-40), the 10th (4-5 0-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40).
They played 99 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Martin won just 3 points more than the Georgean (51-48). The Slovakian dropped 27 points on serve (24-27). On the other side, Basilashvili conceded 27 points on serve (21-27).
Tennis Scores in Belgrade
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- Andrej MartinMartin – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-1 4-6 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Jeremy ChardyChardy (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-66 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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