Philipp Kohlschreiber stuns Cecchinato in the 1st round – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Kohlschreiber upsets Cecchinato to play Roberto Bautista Agut in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Philipp Kohlschreiber vs. Marco Cecchinato

Philipp Kohlschreiber surprises Marco Cecchinato 6-4 7-5 7-6(0) in the 1st round in Melbourne on Tuesday. Kohlschreiber will play against Roberto Bautista Agut in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 8 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the 4th round in 2005, 2008 and 2012. Here you can see his history at this event.

Kohlschreiber
Melbourne
Kohlschreiber's Record

The German 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, Philipp will add $ 40,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kohlschreiber
Cecchinato
Philipp Kohlschreiber
6-4 7-5 7-60
2h:08
Marco Cecchinato
112
112
Total points
87
87
58
58
Winners
45
45
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
52%
52%
33
33
Unforced
38
38
46%
46%
Ratio Unforced
54%
54%
10/13
10/13
Net Approaches
5/6
5/6
77%
77%
Perc
83%
83%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
7
7
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
70%
70%
1st in
62%
62%
89%
89%
1st won
68%
68%
58/65
58/65
1st won
45/66
45/66
57%
57%
2nd won
58%
58%
16/28
16/28
2nd won
23/40
23/40
201
201
Fastest serve
182
182
176
176
AVG 1st Serve
167
167
148
148
AVG 2nd Serve
151
151
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
Total
0/1
0/1
29%
29%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Philipp scored 112 points vs. Cecchinato’s 87.

Kohlschreiber

Kohlschreiber served very well to win 89% of the points (58/65) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (16/28) on his second serve. Philipp fired 10 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Philipp won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.

Cecchinato

On the other side, Cecchinato wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Kohlschreiber and Cecchinato is 3-1 for Philipp.

Draw and next match H2H: Philipp Kohlschreiber vs. Roberto Bautista Agut – stats

Kohlschreiber will take on Bautista Agut in the 2nd round.

This will be the 6th time that Philipp Kohlschreiber and Roberto Bautista Agut play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Kohlschreiber (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Bautista Agut won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Moscow back in 2015.

Philipp Kohlschreiber Draw info

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Kohlschreiber had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Marco Cecchinato in the 1st game (1-0). That was decisive for Kohlschreiber to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Philipp converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Philipp didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 52 points. The German won 10 more points than the Italian (31-21). Kohlschreiber was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). on the other side of the court, Cecchinato conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Kohlschreiber snatched in the 11th game (6-5) prior to ultimately winning the set (7-5).

Philipp was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 0-40). On the other side, Philipp didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 56 points. Philipp was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than the Italian (31-25). The German lost 5 points on serve (24-5). On the losing side, Cecchinato conceded 7 points on serve (20-7).

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Kohlschreiber had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-0.

Tiebreak

Philipp won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0) and 7th (7-0) point.

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

The German was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Marco wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (5-4 40-A).

They played 91 points. Kohlschreiber conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Cecchinato (50-41). Philipp surrendered 11 points on serve (30-11). On the losing side, Marco conceded 20 points on serve (30-20).

 

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