Holger Rune topples Ugo Humbert 6-4 6-2 7-6(5) in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Saturday. Rune will engage against Andrey Rublev in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 9 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Dane added to his prize money $ 110,325 after winning this match. He has won already $ 338,250 after this win. If he wins the next match, Holger will add $ 217,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 555,250 in total.
Highlights Holger Rune vs. Ugo Humbert Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:09
At the end of the match, Holger scored 100 points vs. the French player’s 82.
Rune
The Dane served very well to win 82% of the points (50/61) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (15/30) on his second serve. Holger was pretty good at converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Humbert
On the other side, the French player wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Rune and Humbert is 3-0 for Holger.
Draw and next match H2H: Holger Rune vs. Andrey Rublev – stats
Rune will take on Rublev in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Holger Rune and Andrey Rublev square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rune (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Rune won the set after he broke Ugo in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. Humbert tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Nonetheless, the Dane kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-4.
The Dane failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 0.
Rune was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, Ugo converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 7th game (2-5 0-40).
They contested 58 points. The Dane won 4 points more than the French player (31-27). The Dane dropped 12 points on serve (19-12). In addition, on the other side, the French player conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
Rune was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Ugo Humbert in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Rune reinforced his lead after breaking Humbert in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
A defining moment of this set was when the Dane won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
They played 45 points. Holger conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the French player (27-18). Holger lost 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, the French player conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, the Dane won the breaker at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Rune won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Ugo won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 6th (4-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. The Dane saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, Ugo wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-1 40-A).
They contested 79 points. Holger was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Humbert (42-37). Rune dropped 9 points on serve (31-9). on the other side of the net, Humbert conceded 11 points on serve (28-11).
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