David Goffin shocks Gilles Arnaud Bailly 7-6(7) 5-7 6-4 in the 1st round in Antwerp on Tuesday in what was an all-Belgian affair. Goffin will seek to keep on going in this event against Diego Schwartzman in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 12 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.
Goffin added to his prize money € 4,425 after winning this match. He has won already € 11,375 after this win. If he wins the next match, David will add € 8,220 to his earnings to get in total € 19,595 in total.
Highlights David Goffin vs. Gilles Arnaud Bailly European Open – Antwerp
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:12
At the end of the match, Goffin scored 121 points vs. Gilles’s 117.
Goffin
David served very well to win 81% of the points (42/52) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 42% points (20/48) on his second serve. Goffin won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 28% (5/18) of the procured opportunities.
Arnaud Bailly
On the other side, Arnaud Bailly was fantastic in converting all his break points (5/5). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Goffin and Arnaud Bailly is 1-0 for David.
Draw and next match H2H: David Goffin vs. Diego Schwartzman – stats
Goffin will face Schwartzman in the 2nd round.
This will be the 6th time that David Goffin and Diego Schwartzman fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Goffin (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on I.hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Schwartzman won 7-5 2-6 7-5 in the semifinal in Antwerp back in 2016.
Live score progression and stats
Goffin had a great start in this set after breaking Gilles Arnaud Bailly in the 1st game (1-0). However, Goffin refused to bow to come back to break Arnaud Bailly in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 7.
Tiebreak
David won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (3-3), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Arnaud Bailly won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 4th (3-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
David converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). David saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. On the other side, Gilles was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 0-40).
They contested 99 points. The contest during this set was so even that Goffin won only 1 point more than Arnaud Bailly (50-49). David surrendered 17 points on serve (24-17). On the other side, Arnaud Bailly conceded 26 points on serve (32-26).
Goffin overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Gilles Arnaud Bailly in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Gilles managed to stage a great comeback to break Goffin in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Arnaud Bailly was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Goffin was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Arnaud Bailly won just 3 points more than Goffin (37-34). Arnaud Bailly surrendered 14 points on serve (25-14). on the other side of the court, David conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
David won the set after he broke Arnaud Bailly in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Gilles tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Anyhow, David refused to give way to win the set 6-4.
David was unable to break Arnaud Bailly in the 1st game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Goffin converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Gilles was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 15-40).
They played 68 points. Goffin was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Gilles (37-31). David dropped 9 points on serve (17-9). On the losing side, Arnaud Bailly conceded 20 points on serve (22-20).
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