Andrea Vavassori upsets Reda Bennani 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in Marrakech on Monday after playing a solid match to deal with Nicolas Jarry in the 1st round. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reach the qualifications in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Andrea scored 64 points vs. the Moroccan’s 38.
Vavassori
Andrea served exceptionally well to win 86% of the points (24/28) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (10/17) on his second serve. The Italian was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Bennani
On the other side, Reda was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Vavassori and Bennani is 1-0 for Andrea.
Draw and next match H2H: Andrea Vavassori vs. Nicolas Jarry – stats
Vavassori will come up against Jarry in the 1st round.
This will be the 2nd time that Andrea Vavassori and Nicolas Jarry play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vavassori (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Vavassori was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Reda Bennani in the 1st game (1-0). However, Andrea was not done to come back to break Bennani 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Andrea failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.
Bennani was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Vavassori converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Moroccan converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 46 points. The Italian won 18 points more than Reda (32-14). Andrea surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, Bennani conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Andrea grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
Andrea converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Vavassori didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 56 points. Vavassori was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Bennani (32-24). Andrea was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Bennani conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).
Tennis Scores in Marrakech
- Elias YmerYmer – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (7-67 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 4-6 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-4 6-71 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Reda BennaniBennani (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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