Tallon Griekspoor shocks Aslan Karatsev 2-6 7-6(2) 7-6(0) in the 1st round in Rotterdam on Tuesday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tallon added to his prize money € 10,610 after winning this match. He has won already € 24,745 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Dutch will add € 14,130 to his earnings to get in total € 38,875 in total.
Highlights Tallon Griekspoor vs. Aslan Karatsev ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Rotterdam
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:27
The Dutch won this contest even if he won less points than Karatsev (97 vs. 105).
Griekspoor
Griekspoor struck 10 aces and he committed 7 double faults. Tallon won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Karatsev
On the other side, Karatsev was well focused in converting 71% of the break points that he conquered points (5/7). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Griekspoor and Karatsev is 2-1 for Tallon.
Live score progression and stats
The Russian in this set was in much better shape than Griekspoor and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Griekspoor in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Griekspoor was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Karatsev was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5th (3-2 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, Griekspoor wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They contested 44 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 14 more points than Tallon (29-15). Aslan surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). In addition, on the other side, Griekspoor conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).
The Dutch conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 6th (2-4) game, The Dutch broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-2.
Tiebreak
Tallon won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Karatsev won a minibreak in the 3rd (2-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Griekspoor converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Karatsev was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 40-A).
They contested 76 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Tallon won just 2 points more than Aslan (39-37). Tallon surrendered 15 points on serve (27-15). On the other side, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (22-12).
The Dutch won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game, The Dutch broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-0.
Tiebreak
Tallon won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (6-0) and 7th (7-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0
Tallon converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-5 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Russian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 82 points. The Dutch conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Aslan (43-39). The Dutch lost 18 points on serve (24-18). On the other side, Aslan conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).
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