Pablo Carreno-Busta ousts Daniel Evans 7-5 6-7(7) 6-2 in the semifinal in Montreal on Saturday. Carreno-Busta is going to play against Hubert Hurkacz in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 58 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2017 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money $ 226,510 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 499,830 after this win. If he wins the next match, Pablo will add $ 415,465 to his earnings to get in total $ 915,295 in total.
Highlights Pablo Carreno-Busta vs. Daniel Evans National Bank Open – Montreal
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:58
At the end of the match, Pablo scored 112 points vs. Evans’s 98.
Carreno-Busta
Pablo served very well to win 79% of the points (49/62) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (19/38) on his second serve. Carreno-Busta was pretty effective at converting 63% of the break points that he conquered (5/8).
Evans
On the other side, the Brit was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Carreno-Busta and Evans is 1-0 for Pablo.
Draw and next match H2H: Pablo Carreno-Busta vs. Hubert Hurkacz – stats
Carreno-Busta will square off with Hurkacz in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Pablo Carreno-Busta and Hubert Hurkacz square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Carreno-Busta (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
The Spaniard won the set after he broke Daniel in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Evans tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. However, Pablo kept the situation under control to conquer the set 7-5.
Daniel lost the 7th game (4-3) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.
Carreno-Busta converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Evans was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (4-5 15-40).
They contested 65 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Spaniard won just 3 more points than Evans (34-31). The Spaniard conceded 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the net, Evans conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
Carreno-Busta had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Daniel Evans in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Evans to win the set since Carreno-Busta succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (3-4) game. The Brit kept his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 7.
Tiebreak
The Brit won 6 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3), 10th (5-5), 14th (7-7), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Carreno-Busta won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Daniel was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). The Brit saved 2 set points when he was 4-5 and 5-6 down. Moreover, on the other side, the Spaniard was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They played 95 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Evans won barely 1 point more than the Spaniard (48-47). Daniel conceded 19 points on serve (33-19). On the losing side, Carreno-Busta conceded 15 points on serve (28-15).
The Spaniard in this set didn’t concede much to the Brit and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Evans in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Evans was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Spaniard converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. Pablo was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Daniel (31-19). Pablo surrendered 9 points on serve (19-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Evans conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
Tennis Scores in Montreal
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Casper RuudRuud (5-7 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Daniel EvansEvans (7-5 6-77 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (1-1) – H2H details and stats
