Alexander Zverev overcomes Jiri Lehecka 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Dubai on Monday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 5 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2015. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alexander added to his prize money $ 19,495 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 41,765 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zverev will add $ 36,470 to his earnings to get in total $ 78,235 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Jiri Lehecka Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Zverev scored 94 points vs. the Czech’s 80.
Zverev
The German fired 12 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Alexander won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Lehecka
On the other side, Lehecka didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Lehecka is 1-1.
Live score progression and stats
Zverev started the set in the best possible way after breaking Jiri Lehecka in the 1st game (1-0). That break turned to be decisive for the Czech to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Jiri was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40). On the other side, Jiri didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 59 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Jiri won just 3 points more than Alexander (31-28). The Czech dropped 7 points on serve (21-7). Regarding the other side of the net, the German conceded 10 points on serve (21-10).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Zverev conquered in the 6th game (4-2) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Zverev converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Czech was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 61 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the German won just 3 points more than Lehecka (32-29). Zverev lost 6 points on serve (17-6). In addition, on the other side, Jiri conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).
Alexander won the set after he broke the Czech in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Jiri tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, Alexander maintained the focus to conquer the set 6-4.
The German converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Jiri was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (3-4 40-A).
They contested 54 points. Zverev won 14 points more than Lehecka (34-20). Alexander conceded 7 points on serve (19-7). On the other side, Jiri conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
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