Soon-Woo Kwon defeats James Duckworth 7-6(6) 6-3 in the final in Nur-Sultan on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes.
Soon-Woo added $ 13,320 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 47,080 in total after winning this tournament.
Kwon was elated about the outcome of the contest. He commented:
“I am really happy to win my first ATP 250 title. I am just really, really happy to win today. It was a tough match today against James. He served really well and played very well and I tried to focus every single point.”
Highlights Soon-Woo Kwon vs. James Duckworth Astana Open – Nur-Sultan
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:35
At the end of the match, Soon-Woo scored 69 points vs. James’s 63.
Kwon
The Korean served extremely well to win 86% of the points (31/36) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (15/30) on his second serve. The Korean won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Duckworth
On the other side, Duckworth was remarkable 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 Kwon and Duckworth is 1-0 for Soon-Woo.
This was the 1st career title for Kwon. (see list of titles and finals). This was the Australian’s 1st final. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, the Korean won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.
Tiebreak
Kwon won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Duckworth won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2) and 7th (4-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Kwon wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (4-4 30-40). Soon-Woo saved 4 set points when he was 3-5, 3-6, 4-6 and 5-6 down. On the other side, the Korean didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 77 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Kwon won just 1 point more than the Australian (39-38). The Korean dropped 10 points on serve (28-10). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 11 points on serve (28-11).
Evans got off on the right foot in the set after breaking James Duckworth in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Soon-Woo was not done to come back to break Duckworth in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
They played 54 points. Kwon was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Duckworth (31-23). Soon-Woo conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Duckworth conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).
