Delbonis beats Del Potro in emotional 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – BUENOS AIRES RESULTS

Federico Delbonis defeats Juan Martin Del Potro 6-1 6-3 in the 1^st round in Buenos Aires on Tuesday in what was an all-Argentine match to face off with Pablo Andujar in the 2^nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes.

The encounter was probably the last that Del Potro played after an incredible career. Unfortunately, the former US Open champion had strong issues in dealing with the last knee injury that kept him out from the competitions for almost 3 years.

The embrace at the net with Delbonis was quite emotional.

Highlights Federico Delbonis vs. Juan Martin Del Potro Argentina Open – Buenos Aires

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Delbonis

Potro

6-1 6-3
1h:23

60

60

Total points

38

38

24

24

Winners

20

20

40%

40%

Ratio Winners

53%

53%

-- Serve --

4

4

Aces

1

1

0

0

Double Faults

0

0

71%

71%

1st in

70%

70%

80%

80%

1st won

51%

51%

24/30

24/30

1st won

20/39

20/39

58%

58%

2nd won

41%

41%

7/12

7/12

2nd won

7/17

7/17

-- Break Points --

5/12

5/12

Total

1/1

1/1

42%

42%

Won

100%

100%

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At the end of the match, Delbonis scored 60 points vs. Del Potro’s 38.

Delbonis

Delbonis served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (24/30) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (7/12) on his second serve. Delbonis won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

Del Potro

On the other side, Del Potro was absolutely great in converting the only break point that he converted. Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Delbonis and Del Potro is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Federico Delbonis vs. Pablo Andujar – stats

Delbonis will play Andujar in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 10^th time that Federico Delbonis and Pablo Andujar play each other. The head to head is 7-2 for Andujar (see full H2H stats), 6-2 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Andujar won 3-6 7-5 6-1 in the 1^st round in Buenos Aires back in 2014.

Live score progression and stats

Andujar conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Juan Martin Del Potro in the 1^st game (1-0). However, Federico was not done to come back to break Juan Martin 3 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Juan Martin was powerless in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 0-1 to 6-1.

Delbonis converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4^th (2-1 30-40) and the 6^th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Juan Martin was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 0^th game (1-1 40-A).

They contested 41 points. Delbonis conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Del Potro (27-14). Delbonis lost 8 points on serve (15-8). On the other side, Juan Martin conceded 12 points on serve (6-12).

Federico won the set after he broke Del Potro in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

Del Potro had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.

Federico converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 7^th (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9^th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Federico didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 57 points. Delbonis was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Del Potro (33-24). Delbonis was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the court, Del Potro conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).

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