Aslan Karatsev beats Daniel Evans 6-3 6-7(13) 6-3 in the semifinal in Sydney on Friday. Karatsev will play Andy Murray in the final. The epic lasted 3 hours and 6 minutes.
Highlights Aslan Karatsev vs. Daniel Evans Sydney Tennis Classic – Sydney
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:06
At the end of the match, Karatsev scored 119 points vs. Daniel’s 102.
Karatsev
Aslan served pretty well to win 75% of the points (48/64) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (25/46) on his second serve. Aslan was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).
Evans
On the other side, the Brit was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Karatsev and Evans is 2-0 for Aslan.
Draw and next match H2H: Aslan Karatsev vs. Andy Murray – stats
Karatsev will take on Murray in the final.
There is no head to head record between Aslan Karatsev and Andy Murray since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Russian won the set after he broke the Brit in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game. Daniel tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (5-2) game. Nevertheless, Aslan kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.
Aslan failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.
A crucial moment of this set was when Karatsev won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.
Karatsev converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-1 15-40). Also, on the other side, Evans converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 58 points. Aslan won 10 more points than Evans (34-24). The Russian surrendered 11 points on serve (20-11). on the other side of the court, the Brit conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, the Brit won a thrilling breaker 15-13 after a huge fight with 28 points played.
Tiebreak
The Brit won 11 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 7th (4-3), 14th (7-7), 18th (9-9), 19th (10-9), 22nd (11-11), 23rd (12-11), 26th (13-13), 27th (14-13) and 28th (15-13) point. On the other side, the Russian won 7 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 9th (4-5), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6), 16th (8-8), 20th (10-10) and 24th (12-12) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 10-10, 11-10, 11-11, 12-11, 12-12, 13-12, 13-13, 14-13, 15-13
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. The Brit saved 3 set points when he was 5-6, 6-7 and 7-8 down. On the other side, Aslan wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (5-5 40-A).
They played 103 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Brit won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Aslan (51-52). Evans lost 20 points on serve (38-20). In addition, on the other side, Karatsev conceded 13 points on serve (32-13).
Karatsev had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Daniel Evans in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, that was not enough for Aslan to win the set as the Brit managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Aslan maintained his focus to break Daniel in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).
Aslan was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Evans converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They played 60 points. Aslan was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Daniel (33-27). Karatsev surrendered 14 points on serve (21-14). on the other side of the net, Daniel conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
Tennis Scores in Sydney
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Daniel EvansEvans (6-3 6-713 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-76 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Andy MurrayMurray (0-0) – H2H details and stats
