Tenacious Alcaraz Garfia survives Herbert in the 1st round of the Rolex Paris Masters. HIGHLIGHTS – PARIS RESULTS

ROLEX PARIS MASTERS - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Alcaraz Garfia survives Herbert to square off with Jannik Sinner in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz Garfia vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Carlos Alcaraz Garfia survives Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-7(4) 7-6(2) 7-5 in the 1st round in Paris on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Alcaraz Garfia will square off with Jannik Sinner in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 53 minutes.

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The Spaniard added to his prize money € 8,300 after winning this match. He has won already € 22,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Carlos will add € 14,000 to his earnings to get in total € 36,000 in total.

Highlights Carlos Alcaraz Garfia vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert Rolex Paris Masters – Paris

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At the end of the match, Carlos scored 122 points vs. Pierre-Hugues’s 114.

Alcaraz Garfia

The Spaniard won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.

Herbert

On the other side, Pierre-Hugues was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz Garfia and Herbert is 1-0 for Carlos.

Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz Garfia vs. Jannik Sinner – stats

Alcaraz Garfia will square off with Sinner in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Alcaraz Garfia and Jannik Sinner face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz Garfia (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

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The French player clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Herbert broke back in the 7th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-4.

Tiebreak

Pierre-Hugues won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 8th (6-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Carlos 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

Pierre-Hugues was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (2-4 15-40). On the other side, Carlos was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 6th game (3-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 80 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Herbert won just 2 more points than Alcaraz Garfia (41-39). Pierre-Hugues lost 14 points on serve (30-14). On the other side, Carlos conceded 11 points on serve (25-11).

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Carlos won the breaker 7-2 after winning 7 consecutive points after he reversed a 0-2 deficit.

Tiebreak

Alcaraz Garfia won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the French player won a minibreak in the 2nd (2-0) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2

They played 83 points. Alcaraz Garfia conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Herbert (47-36). The Spaniard lost 10 points on serve (30-10). In addition, on the other side, Pierre-Hugues conceded 17 points on serve (26-17).

Carlos won the set after he broke Herbert in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Herbert tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, Alcaraz Garfia kept the situation under control to win the set 7-5.

The Spaniard converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Herbert converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 0-40).

They contested 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Spaniard won just 3 points more than Herbert (37-34). Alcaraz Garfia dropped 13 points on serve (22-13). On the losing side, the French player conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).

 

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