Botic Van De Zandschulp grounds Joao Sousa 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Tel Aviv on Tuesday after playing a great match to face off with Liam Broady in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes.
Van De Zandschulp added to his prize money $ 6,475 after winning this match. He has won already $ 16,660 after this win. If he wins the next match, Botic will add $ 12,040 to his earnings to get in total $ 28,700 in total.
Highlights Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Joao Sousa Tel Aviv Watergen Open – Tel Aviv
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Dutch scored 67 points vs. the Portuguese’s 46.
Van De Zandschulp
Botic served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (29/35) behind his first serve. However he won only 43% points (6/14) on his second serve. Botic won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Sousa
On the other side, the Portuguese wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Van De Zandschulp and Sousa is 1-0 for Botic.
Draw and next match H2H: Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Liam Broady – stats
Van De Zandschulp will play Broady in the 2nd round.
This will be the 4th time that Botic Van De Zandschulp and Liam Broady clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Van De Zandschulp (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they played, Van De Zandschulp won 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in M25 Nussloch back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Van De Zandschulp had a favorable start in this set after breaking Joao Sousa in the 1st game (1-0). Botic extended his lead after breaking Sousa in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Botic converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Portuguese was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 59 points. Botic won 11 points more than Joao (35-24). The Dutch dropped 8 points on serve (19-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Sousa conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).
Van De Zandschulp won the set after he broke the Portuguese in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Van De Zandschulp converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Dutch didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 54 points. Botic won 10 more points than Joao (32-22). The Dutch conceded 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the court, Joao conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).
Tennis Scores in Tel Aviv
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- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Joao SousaSousa (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Marius CopilCopil (6-75 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (4-6 7-63 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-2 6-70 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Edan LeshemLeshem – Yshai OlielOliel (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Laslo DjereDjere (5-7 7-63 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Hugo GrenierGrenier (3-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H details and stats
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