Nikoloz Basilashvili defeats Andrey Rublev 7-6(1) 6-4 in the 1st round in Halle on Monday. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Basilashvili added to his prize money € 14,565 after winning this match. He has won already € 31,215 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nikoloz will add € 27,270 to his earnings to get in total € 58,485 in total.
Highlights Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Andrey Rublev Noventi Open – Halle
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Basilashvili scored 74 points vs. the Russian’s 61.
Basilashvili
Nikoloz served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (30/37) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (17/31) on his second serve. Nikoloz won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Rublev
On the other side, Rublev had some problems converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Basilashvili and Rublev is 3-3.
Live score progression and stats
Basilashvili had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Andrey Rublev in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the Georgean refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Rublev in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set at the breaker at 1.
There was an important spell in this set when Basilashvili won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the game count from 0-2 to 5-2.
Tiebreak
Basilashvili won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (6-0) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 6-1, 7-1
Basilashvili converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Andrey converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 81 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Basilashvili won just 3 more points than the Russian (42-39). The Georgean lost 16 points on serve (26-16). On the losing side, Rublev conceded 16 points on serve (23-16).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Nikoloz clinched in the 5th game (3-2) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Basilashvili converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Basilashvili didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 54 points. The Georgean won 8 more points than Andrey (31-23). The Georgean surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Andrey conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
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