Christopher O Connell conquers Denis Kudla 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Atlanta on Tuesday. O Connell will seek to keep on going in this event against Jannik Sinner in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes.
O Connell added to his prize money $ 4,755 after winning this match. He has won already $ 11,930 after this win. If he wins the next match, Christopher will add $ 6,625 to his earnings to get in total $ 18,555 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 92 points vs. the American’s 76.
O Connell
Christopher served pretty well to win 88% of the points (45/51) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (13/23) on his second serve. Christopher fired 19 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Christopher won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Kudla
On the other side, Denis had some problems converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between O Connell and Kudla is 2-0 for Christopher.
Draw and next match H2H: Christopher O Connell vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
O Connell will square off with Sinner in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Jannik Sinner since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Denis conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The American was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Kudla didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 64 points. Kudla was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than O Connell (35-29). Kudla dropped 7 points on serve (23-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Christopher conceded 12 points on serve (22-12).
Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that O Connell snatched in the 6th game (4-2) just before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Christopher converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, O Connell didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. Christopher won 14 points more than Kudla (29-15). O Connell was untouchable on serve to drop only 1 point during his serving games (20-1). On the losing side, Kudla conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
O Connell took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Denis Kudla in the 1st game (1-0). O Connell improved his lead after breaking the American in the 9th (6-3) game before conquering the set.
Kudla lost the 9th
game (6-3) when he was serving and leading 40-0.The Australian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, O Connell didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 59 points. The Australian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Denis (34-25). The Australian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, the American conceded 18 points on serve (22-18).
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