Norbert Gombos aces Pablo Cuevas 1-6 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 1st round in Bastad on Tuesday. Gombos will play against Emil Ruusuvuori in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes.
The Slovakian added to his prize money € 3,585 after winning this match. He has won already € 9,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Gombos will add € 5,000 to his earnings to get in total € 14,000 in total.
Highlights Norbert Gombos vs. Pablo Cuevas Nordea Open – Bastad
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Gombos scored 87 points vs. Cuevas’s 86.
Gombos
The Slovakian served very well to win 77% of the points (40/52) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 36% points (10/28) on his second serve. Gombos won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Cuevas
On the other side, the Uruguayan didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that he procured points (3/5). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Gombos and Cuevas is 2-0 for Norbert.
Draw and next match H2H: Norbert Gombos vs. Emil Ruusuvuori – stats
Gombos will take on Ruusuvuori in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Norbert Gombos and Emil Ruusuvuori clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Gombos (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Gombos won 7-64 5-7 6-3 in the 1st round in Parma back in May 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Ruusuvuori got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Pablo Cuevas in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Uruguayan improved his lead after breaking the Slovakian in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Cuevas won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Cuevas converted 100% of his break points (2/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, Norbert wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They contested 41 points. Cuevas conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Gombos (26-15). The Uruguayan lost 8 points on serve (17-8). On the losing side, Norbert conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).
The Slovakian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 9th (4-5) game, Norbert broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-4.
Tiebreak
Norbert won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (5-2), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Pablo won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (3-5) and 9th (4-5) point.
The Slovakian won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Gombos converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (4-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Pablo converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-4 30-40).
They contested 85 points. Gombos was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Pablo (45-40). The Slovakian surrendered 14 points on serve (27-14). on the other side of the net, Cuevas conceded 18 points on serve (26-18).
Gombos overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Pablo Cuevas in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. However, there was more to do for Norbert to win the set since Pablo found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Slovakian won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Norbert converted 100% of his break points (3/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40). On the other side, Norbert didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 47 points. Norbert was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the Uruguayan (27-20). Norbert surrendered 7 points on serve (16-7). on the other side of the court, the Uruguayan conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).
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