Soon-Woo Kwon gets by Abedallah Shelbayh 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Doha on Tuesday. Kwon will clash against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
Kwon added to his prize money $ 9,395 after winning this match. He has already won $ 24,165 after this win. If he wins the next match, Soon-Woo will add $ 17,450 to his earnings to get in total $ 41,615 in total.
Highlights Soon-Woo Kwon vs. Abedallah Shelbayh Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Soon-Woo scored 89 points vs. the ‘s 85.
Kwon
Kwon served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (40/53) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (17/34) on his second serve. Soon-Woo blasted 11 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Soon-Woo won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Shelbayh
On the other side, Shelbayh was not so effective in 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 Kwon and Shelbayh is 1-0 for Soon-Woo.
Draw and next match H2H: Soon-Woo Kwon vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – stats
Kwon will come up against Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Soon-Woo Kwon and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Korean conquered in the 6th game (4-2) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Kwon was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Soon-Woo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 59 points. The Korean conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the (33-26). Kwon surrendered 6 points on serve (20-6). In addition, on the other side, Shelbayh conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).
Kwon started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Abedallah Shelbayh in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Abedallah to win the set as the Korean found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.
A defining moment of this set was when Shelbayh won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Abedallah was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (5-0 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Soon-Woo was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (1-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 65 points. Shelbayh won 5 more points than the Korean (35-30). Abedallah lost 9 points on serve (16-9). On the losing side, the Korean conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Korean conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
Kwon converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Kwon didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Soon-Woo won just 2 more points than the (26-24). Soon-Woo surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the court, Abedallah conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
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