Daniel Altmaier stuns the defending champion Dusan Lajovic 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Umag on Friday. Altmaier will face off with Richard Gasquet in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the qualifications in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Daniel added to his prize money € 7,000 after winning this match. He has won already € 21,000 till now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, the German will add € 8,500 to his earnings to get in total € 29,500.
Highlights Daniel Altmaier vs. Dusan Lajovic Plava Laguna Croatia Open – Umag
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:31
At the end of the match, Altmaier scored 70 points vs. Lajovic’s 55.
Altmaier
Altmaier served exceptionally well to win 93% of the points (27/29) behind his first serve. However he won only 41% points (11/27) on his second serve. Altmaier won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.
Lajovic
On the other side, Lajovic was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Altmaier and Lajovic is 1-0 for Daniel.
Draw and next match H2H: Daniel Altmaier vs. Richard Gasquet – stats
Altmaier will compete against Gasquet in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Daniel Altmaier and Richard Gasquet fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gasquet (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Gasquet won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Parma back in May 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Altmaier commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Dusan Lajovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The German improved his lead after breaking the Serbian in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
The German dropped 8 points on serve (20-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Serbian conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
Altmaier clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Daniel broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.
Daniel converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Serbian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 62 points. Altmaier was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the Serbian (35-27). Daniel conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). on the other side of the court, Dusan conceded 17 points on serve (18-17).
Tennis Scores in Umag
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-63 2-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-3 7-67) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-1) – H2H details and stats
