Marton Fucsovics beats Roberto Bautista Agut 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Antwerp on Thursday. Fucsovics will have to play Lloyd Harris in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 21 minutes.
The Hungarian added to his prize money € 6,060 after winning this match. He has won already € 16,975 after this win. If he wins the next match, Fucsovics will add € 8,490 to his earnings to get in total € 25,465 in total.
Highlights Marton Fucsovics vs. Roberto Bautista Agut European Open – Antwerp
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Hungarian scored 99 points vs. the Spaniard’s 81.
Fucsovics
Fucsovics won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 35% (6/17) of the procured opportunities.
Bautista-Agut
On the other side, the Spaniard was battling in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Fucsovics and Bautista-Agut is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Marton Fucsovics vs. Lloyd Harris – stats
Fucsovics will play Harris in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Marton Fucsovics and Lloyd Harris fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Fucsovics and Harris (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Fucsovics won 4-6 7-65 6-2 in the 2nd round in Doha back in March 2021.
Live score progression and stats
The Spaniard conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Bautista-Agut broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-5.
Tiebreak
Roberto won 6 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Marton won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3), 8th (3-5) and 9th (4-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Bautista-Agut converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Hungarian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 6th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 83 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Bautista-Agut won barely 1 point more than Fucsovics (42-41). The Spaniard lost 15 points on serve (23-15). On the losing side, Fucsovics conceded 19 points on serve (26-19).
Fucsovics conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Roberto Bautista Agut in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. However, there was more to do for the Hungarian to win the set since Bautista-Agut managed to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Hungarian won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Hungarian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Roberto converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 55 points. The Hungarian won 7 more points than the Spaniard (31-24). Fucsovics conceded 12 points on serve (21-12). on the other side of the net, Roberto conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
Fucsovics commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Roberto Bautista Agut in the 1st game (1-0). Marton improved his lead after breaking Bautista-Agut in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
Roberto was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
They played 42 points. The Hungarian was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than the Spaniard (28-14). Fucsovics was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Roberto conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
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