Benjamin Bonzi prevails over Botic Van De Zandschulp 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-1 in the semifinal in Pune on Friday. Bonzi will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Tallon Griekspoor in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes.
The French player added to his prize money $ 23,500 after winning this match. He has won already $ 57,025 after this win. If he wins the next match, Benjamin will add $ 40,735 to his earnings to get in total $ 97,760 in total.
Highlights Benjamin Bonzi vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp Tata Open Maharashtra – Pune
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Benjamin scored 110 points vs. Botic’s 97.
Bonzi
Benjamin served extremely well to win 76% of the points (54/71) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (16/30) on his second serve. Benjamin fired 10 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Benjamin won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Van De Zandschulp
On the other side, Botic was great in converting all his break points (2/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Bonzi and Van De Zandschulp is 1-2 for Botic.
Draw and next match H2H: Benjamin Bonzi vs. Tallon Griekspoor – stats
Bonzi will face Griekspoor in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Benjamin Bonzi and Tallon Griekspoor clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bonzi (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Bonzi started the set in the best possible way after breaking Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Bonzi to win the set because Botic found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Bonzi kept his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.
Tiebreak
Bonzi won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Dutch won a minibreak in the 9th (3-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Bonzi converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Botic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-3 0-40).
They played 93 points. It’s worth to point out that, Benjamin won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the Dutch (46-47). The French player lost 16 points on serve (27-16). On the losing side, Van De Zandschulp conceded 19 points on serve (31-19).
Bonzi came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Van De Zandschulp refused to bow to come back to break the French player in the 8th (4-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.
Tiebreak
Van De Zandschulp won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Bonzi won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
They played 77 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Van De Zandschulp won barely 1 point more than the French player (39-38). Botic dropped 12 points on serve (28-12). On the other side, Benjamin conceded 11 points on serve (26-11).
Bonzi took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Bonzi reinforced his lead after breaking the Dutch in the 5th (5-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 15.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Bonzi won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to convert the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Bonzi was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Botic conceded 6 points on serve (7-6).
Tennis Scores in Pune
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-65 6-75 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (7-64 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Benjamin BonziBonzi (0-0) – H2H details and stats