Henri Laaksonen ousts Elias Ymer 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in Bastad on Thursday. Laaksonen will seek to keep on going in this event against Casper Ruud in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Swiss added to his prize money € 5,000 after winning this match. He has won already € 14,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Henri will add € 7,000 to his earnings to get in total € 21,000 in total.
Highlights Henri Laaksonen vs. Elias Ymer Nordea Open – Bastad
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:22
At the end of the match, the Swiss scored 69 points vs. the Swede’s 54.
Laaksonen
The Swiss served pretty well to win 84% of the points (27/32) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (13/25) on his second serve. Laaksonen won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Ymer
On the other side, The Swede was exceptional in converting the only break point that he converted. Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Laaksonen and Ymer is 1-0 for Henri.
Draw and next match H2H: Henri Laaksonen vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Laaksonen will play Ruud in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Henri Laaksonen and Casper Ruud face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Ruud won 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Playford Challenger back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Laaksonen commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Elias Ymer in the 1st game (1-0). Henri reinforced his lead after breaking Elias in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).
The Swiss converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Swiss didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 53 points. Henri was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Ymer (32-21). Laaksonen surrendered 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the court, Ymer conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
Ruud enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Elias Ymer in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, Laaksonen found the way to come back to break Elias in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
They contested 70 points. Laaksonen won 4 points more than Elias (37-33). Laaksonen conceded 12 points on serve (23-12). on the other side of the court, Ymer conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).
Tennis Scores in Bastad
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 1-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Elias YmerYmer (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – John MillmanMillman (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Federico CoriaCoria – Christian GarinGarin (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Norbert GombosGombos (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (1-1) – H2H details and stats
