Ugo Humbert hustles Dimitar Kuzmanov 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 1st round in Sofia on Tuesday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes.
Ugo added to his prize money € 3,650 after winning this match. He has won already € 9,380 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add € 6,780 to his earnings to get in total € 16,160 in total.
Highlights Ugo Humbert vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov Sofia Open – Sofia
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ugo scored 86 points vs. Dimitar’s 80.
Humbert
Ugo won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Kuzmanov
On the other side, the Bulgarian 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 Humbert and Kuzmanov is 1-0 for Ugo.
Live score progression and stats
Humbert commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Dimitar Kuzmanov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, Ugo succeeded in coming back to break Dimitar in the 5th (2-3) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
The French player won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Bulgarian won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1) and 6th (4-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Humbert converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Bulgarian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (3-1 30-40), the 4th (3-1 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A).
They contested 108 points. This set was so close that, Ugo won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Humbert lost 22 points on serve (30-22). On the other side, the Bulgarian conceded 24 points on serve (32-24).
Humbert was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Dimitar Kuzmanov in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the French player refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Kuzmanov in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Bulgarian was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Ugo converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40), the 8th (3-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, the Bulgarian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They played 58 points. Ugo was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than the Bulgarian (32-26). Ugo conceded 11 points on serve (20-11). In addition, on the other side, the Bulgarian conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
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