Mario Vilella Martinez shocks Lukas Neumayer 6-7(4) 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Kitzbuhel on Tuesday. Vilella Martinez will play against Casper Ruud in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 47 minutes.
Highlights Mario Vilella Martinez vs. Lukas Neumayer Generali Open – Kitzbuhel
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:47
Vilella Martinez won this encounter even if he conquered the same amount of points of Neumayer (114 vs. 114).
Vilella Martinez
The Spaniard served very well to win 78% of the points (47/60) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 46% points (26/57) on his second serve. The Spaniard was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (5/10).
Neumayer
On the other side, Neumayer was not so effective in converting his break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Vilella Martinez and Neumayer is 1-0 for Mario.
Draw and next match H2H: Mario Vilella Martinez vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Vilella Martinez will fight against Ruud in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Mario Vilella Martinez and Casper Ruud face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Ruud won 7-5 6-72 6-4 in the quarter in Spain F3 back in 2016.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud started the set strong after breaking Lukas Neumayer in the 1st game (1-0). However, there was more to do for Lukas to win the set as Vilella Martinez found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game. The Austrian kept his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 4.
Anyhow also the Spaniard won 4 consecutive games from 0-2 to 4-2
Tiebreak
Lukas won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 8th (6-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Vilella Martinez won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (2-4) and 10th (4-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
The Austrian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 85 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Austrian won only 1 point more than the Spaniard (43-42). The Austrian surrendered 18 points on serve (28-18). Regarding the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Mario clinched in the 11th game (6-5) just before eventually conquering the set (7-5).
They played 69 points. It’s worth to point out that, Mario won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Lukas (34-35). Vilella Martinez surrendered 13 points on serve (26-13). on the other side of the net, Lukas conceded 8 points on serve (22-8).
Ruud started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Lukas Neumayer in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Mario succeeded in coming back to break Lukas in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
The Spaniard converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Austrian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They played 73 points. Mario was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than the Austrian (39-34). The Spaniard conceded 16 points on serve (23-16). on the other side of the net, Neumayer conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
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- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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- Jiri VeselyVesely – Ernests GulbisGulbis (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
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