Soon-Woo Kwon survives Marcos Giron 7-6(3) 4-6 7-5 in the 1st round in Atlanta on Monday after conquering a huge battle. The battle lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes. This run will match his best result in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Korean added to his prize money $ 4,835 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 12,435 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Korean will add $ 8,980 to his earnings to get in total $ 21,415 in total.
Highlights Soon-Woo Kwon vs. Marcos Giron Truist Atlanta Open – Atlanta
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Soon-Woo scored 104 points vs. Marcos’s 100.
Kwon
Soon-Woo served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (49/65) behind his first serve, and he won 51% points (20/39) on his second serve. The Korean was effective when converting 80% of the break points that he procured (4/5).
Giron
On the other side, the American was sharp when converting 80% of the break points that he procured points (4/5). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Kwon and Giron is 1-0 for Soon-Woo.
Live score progression and stats
Soon-Woo won the set after he broke the American in the 3rd (2-1) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. However, Kwon managed to stay calm and finish the job to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 3.
Marcos lost the 3rd game (2-1) when he had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
Tiebreak
The Korean won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Giron won a minibreak in the 7th (2-5) point.
The Korean won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Kwon was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A). On the other side, the American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 84 points. This set was so close that, The Korean won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. The Korean lost 15 points on serve (29-15). on the other side of the net, Giron conceded 13 points on serve (27-13).
Kwon commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Marcos Giron in the 1st game (1-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for the American to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Giron won just 3 points more than Kwon (30-27). Giron lost 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the net, the Korean conceded 8 points on serve (19-8).
Kwon started the set in the best possible way after breaking Marcos Giron in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Kwon to win the set as Marcos found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game. Kwon maintained his focus to break Giron in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (7-5) game.
Nevertheless also Giron won 4 consecutive games from 0-2 to 4-2
Soon-Woo converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). On the other side, Giron was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 63 points. Soon-Woo was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than the American (34-29). The Korean surrendered 12 points on serve (20-12). On the losing side, the American conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
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