Ernesto Escobedo surprises Kudla in the 2nd round of the Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel – LOS CABOS RESULTS

ABIERTO MEXICANO DE TENIS MIFEL - LOS CABOS DRAW AND RESULTS. Escobedo stuns Kudla to play Cameron Norrie in the quarter

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Ernesto Escobedo vs. Denis Kudla

Ernesto Escobedo stuns Denis Kudla 6-4 7-6(9) in the 2nd round in Los Cabos on Wednesday in what was an all-American affair. Escobedo is going to play against Cameron Norrie in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2017 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

Escobedo
Los Cabos
Escobedo's Record

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Escobedo
Kudla
Ernesto Escobedo
6-4 7-69
1h:45
Denis Kudla
72
72
Total points
66
66
33
33
Winners
23
23
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
3
3
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
58%
58%
1st in
55%
55%
75%
75%
1st won
68%
68%
33/44
33/44
1st won
23/34
23/34
56%
56%
2nd won
64%
64%
18/32
18/32
2nd won
18/28
18/28
-- Break Points --
3/3
3/3
Total
2/6
2/6
100%
100%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Ernesto scored 72 points vs. Kudla’s 66.

Escobedo

Ernesto served pretty well to win 75% of the points (33/44) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (18/32) on his second serve. Ernesto was stunning in converting all the break points (3/3).

Kudla

On the other side, Denis had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Escobedo and Kudla is 4-1 for Ernesto.

Draw and next match H2H: Ernesto Escobedo vs. Cameron Norrie – stats

Escobedo will come up against Norrie in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Ernesto Escobedo and Cameron Norrie clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Norrie (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Norrie won 7-64 1-0 ret. in the 1st round in Columbus Challenger back in 2016.

Ernesto Escobedo Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Ernesto won the set after he broke Kudla 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Kudla tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Anyhow, Ernesto refused to give way to win the set 6-4.

Escobedo failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.

Escobedo was flawless in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 7th (4-3 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Kudla converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 58 points. Escobedo won 8 more points than Kudla (33-25). Escobedo surrendered 14 points on serve (20-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Denis conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).

2nd Set -
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The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Escobedo won a thrilling breaker 11-9 after a huge fight with 20 points played.

Tiebreak

Ernesto won 5 minibreaks in the 10th (4-6), 11th (5-6), 15th (8-7), 19th (10-9) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, Kudla won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 8th (6-2) and 16th (8-8) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Ernesto saved 5 set points when he was 2-5, 2-6, 3-6, 4-6 and 5-6 down. Moreover, on the other side, Ernesto didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 80 points. It’s worth to point out that, Escobedo won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Kudla (39-41). Escobedo surrendered 11 points on serve (30-11). In addition, on the other side, Kudla conceded 9 points on serve (30-9).

 

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