Carlos Alcaraz survives Nicola Kuhn 3-6 6-1 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Hamburg on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle in what was an all-Spaniard match. Alcaraz will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Filip Krajinovic in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 26 minutes.
Alcaraz added to his prize money € 12,100 after conquering this match. He has won already € 25,900 after this win. If he wins the next match, Carlos will add € 22,650 to his earnings to get in total € 48,550 in total.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Nicola Kuhn Hamburg European Open – Hamburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alcaraz scored 100 points vs. Nicola’s 86.
Alcaraz
Carlos served very well to win 75% of the points (47/63) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (16/26) on his second serve. Carlos won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 20% (2/10) of the procured opportunities.
Kuhn
On the other side, Nicola was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Alcaraz and Kuhn is 1-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Filip Krajinovic – stats
Alcaraz will play Krajinovic in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Filip Krajinovic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Kuhn snatched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Nicola was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Carlos was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th game (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 59 points. Kuhn conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Carlos (35-24). Nicola lost 9 points on serve (24-9). on the other side of the court, Carlos conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
Alcaraz had a great start in this set after breaking Nicola Kuhn in the 2nd
game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Alcaraz reinforced his lead after breaking Nicola in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).A crucial moment of this set was when Carlos won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Carlos converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 4th game (3-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Alcaraz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 42 points. Alcaraz was the winner of the set after clinching 16 more points than Kuhn (29-13). Carlos was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, Nicola conceded 13 points on serve (9-13).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Carlos won the tiebreak at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Carlos won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Nicola won a minibreak in the 3rd (1-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Carlos was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Nicola wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-1 40-A).
They contested 85 points. Alcaraz was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Nicola (46-39). Carlos surrendered 11 points on serve (31-11). on the other side of the court, Nicola conceded 15 points on serve (28-15).
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