Benjamin Bonzi topples Dominic Thiem 6-3 7-6(9) in the 1st round in Estoril on Tuesday. Bonzi will fight against Sebastian Korda in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes.
Benjamin added to his prize money € 3,650 after conquering this match. He has won already € 9,380 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add € 6,780 to his earnings to get in total € 16,160 in total.
Highlights Benjamin Bonzi vs. Dominic Thiem Millennium Estoril Open – Estoril
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Benjamin scored 79 points vs. Thiem’s 68.
Bonzi
The French player served very well to win 79% of the points (30/38) behind his first serve, and he won 70% points (21/30) on his second serve. Benjamin won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.
Thiem
On the other side, Dominic wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Bonzi and Thiem is 1-0 for Benjamin.
Draw and next match H2H: Benjamin Bonzi vs. Sebastian Korda – stats
Bonzi will fight against Korda in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Benjamin Bonzi and Sebastian Korda clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Korda (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the French player conquered in the 6th game (4-2) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Benjamin converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Benjamin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 58 points. Bonzi won 10 points more than Dominic (34-24). The French player was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the court, Thiem conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Bonzi won a thrilling breaker 11-9 after a huge fight with 20 points played.
Tiebreak
The French player won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4), 16th (8-8) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, Dominic won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (4-2), 10th (5-5) and 15th (8-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 8-9, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9
Bonzi wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40). The French player saved 3 set points when he was 6-7, 7-8 and 8-9 down. On the other side, Bonzi didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 89 points. The contest during this set was so even that Bonzi won just 1 point more than Dominic (45-44). Benjamin dropped 13 points on serve (32-13). In addition, on the other side, Thiem conceded 13 points on serve (31-13).
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