Luca Van Assche ousts Pedro Sousa 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Estoril on Tuesday. Van Assche will play Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 5 minutes.
The French player added to his prize money € 3,845 after winning this match. He has already won € 9,880 after this win. If he wins the next match, Van Assche will add € 7,130 to his earnings to get in total € 17,010 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Luca scored 101 points vs. the Portuguese’s 74.
Van Assche
Van Assche served very well to win 75% of the points (39/52) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (19/32) on his second serve. Luca was pretty good at converting 75% of the break points that he procured (6/8).
Sousa
On the other side, Pedro had some problems converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Van Assche and Sousa is 1-0 for Luca.
Draw and next match H2H: Luca Van Assche vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – stats
Van Assche will play Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Portuguese won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (5-6) game, Sousa broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (6-6) game to conquer the set 7-6.
Sousa was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 7th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Van Assche was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 10th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 90 points. It’s worth to point out that, Sousa won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the French player (44-46). Pedro lost 16 points on serve (22-16). In addition, on the other side, Luca conceded 22 points on serve (30-22).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Van Assche snatched in the 4th game (3-1) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
The French player was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, Sousa was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 58 points. Van Assche was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Portuguese (31-27). Luca dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, the Portuguese conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).
The French player won the set after he broke the Portuguese 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
Van Assche won 0 consecutive points in this set from 15-0 1-1 to .
Pedro had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The French player was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Van Assche didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 27 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 21 points more than Pedro (24-3). Van Assche was just too good on serve to drop not even a single point during his serving games (12-0). On the losing side, Sousa conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).
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