Lajovic beats Fucsovics in the 1st round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Lajovic victorious over Fucsovics to compete against Carlos Alcaraz Garfia in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Marton Fucsovics

Dusan Lajovic bests Marton Fucsovics 6-3 4-6 6-1 6-7(6) 6-1 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Lajovic will play Carlos Alcaraz Garfia in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 23 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Lajovic
Melbourne
Lajovic's Record

Lajovic added to his prize money $ 50,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 140,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Serbian will add $ 40,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

Highlights Dusan Lajovic vs. Marton Fucsovics Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Lajovic
Fucsovics
Dusan Lajovic
6-3 4-6 6-1
6-76 6-1
3h:23
Marton Fucsovics
157
157
Total points
131
131
78
78
Winners
62
62
50%
50%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
47
47
Unforced
71
71
40%
40%
Ratio Unforced
60%
60%
17/23
17/23
Net Approaches
36/50
36/50
74%
74%
Perc
72%
72%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
10
10
2
2
Double Faults
8
8
75%
75%
1st in
63%
63%
78%
78%
1st won
63%
63%
78/100
78/100
1st won
62/98
62/98
45%
45%
2nd won
51%
51%
15/33
15/33
2nd won
29/57
29/57
197
197
Fastest serve
203
203
175
175
AVG 1st Serve
180
180
139
139
AVG 2nd Serve
147
147
-- Break Points --
7/14
7/14
Total
2/4
2/4
50%
50%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Lajovic scored 157 points vs. the Hungarian’s 131.

Lajovic

Lajovic served very well to win 78% of the points (78/100) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 45% points (15/33) on his second serve. Dusan was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (7/14).

Fucsovics

On the other side, the Hungarian was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Lajovic and Fucsovics is 1-2 for Marton.

Draw and next match H2H: Dusan Lajovic vs. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia – stats

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

There is no head to head record between Dusan Lajovic and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Dusan Lajovic Draw info

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1st Set -
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Lajovic won the set after he broke Marton in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

The Serbian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 59 points. Dusan won 5 more points than Fucsovics (32-27). Dusan dropped 7 points on serve (16-7). on the other side of the court, the Hungarian conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).

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Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Marton snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).

Marton was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40). On the other side, Fucsovics didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 54 points. Marton won 6 points more than the Serbian (30-24). Fucsovics conceded 6 points on serve (21-6). On the losing side, Lajovic conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).

3rd Set -
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Lajovic was far too good to drop only 1 game before breaking Marton 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.

Marton was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.

The Serbian 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 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Dusan didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 40 points. Lajovic won 14 more points than Fucsovics (27-13). Lajovic was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, Marton conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).

4th Set -
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Alcaraz Garfia had a strong start of this set after breaking Marton Fucsovics in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Fucsovics to win the set as Lajovic found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Hungarian kept his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 6.

Tiebreak

Marton won 6 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Dusan won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 8th (4-4) and 12th (6-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Marton was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, Lajovic was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A).

They contested 96 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Fucsovics won just 2 more points than Lajovic (49-47). The Hungarian lost 20 points on serve (31-20). on the other side of the net, Dusan conceded 18 points on serve (27-18).

5th Set -
Fucsovics 0-0

Lajovic had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Marton Fucsovics in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Lajovic extended his lead after breaking Fucsovics in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A defining moment of this set was when Lajovic won 5 consecutive games in the 5th set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

The Serbian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Lajovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 39 points. The Serbian won 15 more points than Fucsovics (27-12). Lajovic was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). on the other side of the net, the Hungarian conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).

 

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