Marc-Andrea Huesler shocks Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 6-4 7-6(8) in the final in Sofia on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. This is the first time that Huesler conquered this tournament. His best achievement in this event so far was reaching the 2nd round. Here you can see when his history at this event.
The Swiss added € 33,880 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 81,310 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune Sofia Open – Sofia
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Swiss scored 79 points vs. the Dane’s 73.
Huesler
Marc-Andrea served pretty well to win 76% of the points (38/50) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (19/30) on his second serve. Marc-Andrea won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.
Rune
On the other side, Rune wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Huesler and Rune is 2-0 for Marc-Andrea.
This was the 1st career title for Huesler. (see list of titles and finals). The Dane 1st remains with 1 title after he conquered the tournament in Munich 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Huesler conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune in the 1st game (1-0). That break turned to be decisive for the Swiss to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.
Huesler was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40). On the other side, Rune was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They contested 58 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Marc-Andrea won just 2 points more than Holger (30-28). Marc-Andrea dropped 10 points on serve (22-10). On the losing side, Holger conceded 8 points on serve (18-8).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Huesler won a thrilling breaker 10-8 after a huge fight with 18 points played.
Huesler missed the chance to break Rune in the 1st game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
The Swiss won 4 minibreaks in the 9th (4-5), 16th (8-8), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, the Dane won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (4-3) and 15th (8-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
They contested 94 points. The Swiss conquered the set after winning 6 points more than the Dane (50-44). The Swiss conceded 13 points on serve (34-13). On the other side, Rune conceded 16 points on serve (31-16).
