Arthur Rinderknech ousts Soon-Woo Kwon 5-7 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Adelaide on Wednesday. Rinderknech will square off with Karen Khachanov in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 59 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the French player scored 96 points vs. Kwon’s 77.
Rinderknech
Rinderknech served pretty well to win 86% of the points (43/50) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (15/22) on his second serve. Rinderknech blasted 18 aces without committing any double fault. Arthur won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Kwon
On the other side, Soon-Woo was absolutely great in converting the only break point that he converted. Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Rinderknech and Kwon is 1-0 for Arthur.
Draw and next match H2H: Arthur Rinderknech vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Rinderknech will fight against Khachanov in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Arthur Rinderknech and Karen Khachanov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Kwon grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) before ultimately winning the set (7-5).
The Korean was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, the French player was perfect in converting all his break points in the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 60 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kwon won just 2 points more than the French player (31-29). Kwon lost 7 points on serve (25-7). On the losing side, the French player conceded 6 points on serve (22-6).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Rinderknech conquered in the 6th
game (4-2) before finally conquering the set (6-3).Rinderknech was unable to break the Korean in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
They played 60 points. Arthur conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Soon-Woo (35-25). Arthur was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). On the losing side, Soon-Woo conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).
Rinderknech had a favorable start in this set after breaking Soon-Woo Kwon in the 1st
game (1-0). The French player extended his lead after breaking Kwon in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).Rinderknech was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 4th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, Rinderknech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. The French player won 13 points more than Soon-Woo (33-20). Arthur was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the other side, Soon-Woo conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (5-7 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – John IsnerIsner (6-75 7-65 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-72 6-3 1-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Gianluca MagerMager (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (7-66 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 7-66) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – Marin CilicCilic (0-1) – H2H details and stats