Pavel Kotov shocks Bonzi in the 2nd round to set up a battle vs O Connell in the following round – MARRAKECH RESULTS

Pavel Kotov surprises Benjamin Bonzi 6-0 7-6(2) in the 2^nd round in Marrakech on Thursday. Kotov will have to play Christopher O Connell in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 2^nd round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Marrakech

Kotov's Record

Kotov added to his prize money € 7,130 after winning this match. He has already won € 17,010 after this win. If he wins the next match, Pavel will add € 12,345 to his earnings to get in total € 29,355 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kotov

Bonzi

6-0 7-6²
1h:28

64

64

Total points

42

42

23

23

Winners

19

19

36%

36%

Ratio Winners

45%

45%

-- Serve --

2

2

Aces

1

1

0

0

Double Faults

2

2

60%

60%

1st in

61%

61%

77%

77%

1st won

56%

56%

23/30

23/30

1st won

19/34

19/34

55%

55%

2nd won

32%

32%

11/20

11/20

2nd won

7/22

7/22

-- Break Points --

5/10

5/10

Total

2/2

2/2

50%

50%

Won

100%

100%

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At the end of the match, Pavel scored 64 points vs. Benjamin’s 42.

Kotov

The Russian served pretty well to win 77% of the points (23/30) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (11/20) on his second serve. Kotov was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (5/10).

Bonzi

On the other side, the French player was remarkable in converting all his break points (2/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Kotov and Bonzi is 3-2 for Pavel.

Draw and next match H2H: Pavel Kotov vs. Christopher O Connell – stats

Kotov will play O Connell in the quarter.

This will be the 2^nd time that Pavel Kotov and Christopher O Connell play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for O Connell (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

Live score progression and stats

This set was completely one-sided since the Russian conceded no games to Benjamin before winning the set 6-0.

Pavel converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3^rd (2-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5^th game (4-0 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 38 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Benjamin (26-12). Pavel was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). On the other side, Benjamin conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).

Kotov came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Benjamin Bonzi in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the Russian found the way to come back to break Bonzi in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 2.

Kotov failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 0.

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Kotov won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to convert the game count from 2-5 to 6-5.

Tiebreak

Kotov won 3 minibreaks in the 4^th (3-1), 5^th (4-1) and 9^th (7-2) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2

Kotov converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 9^th (3-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Benjamin was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 30-40) and the 12^th game (5-6 0-40).

They contested 68 points. Kotov was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Bonzi (37-31). Pavel conceded 13 points on serve (22-13). on the other side of the court, Bonzi conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).

Tennis Scores in Marrakech

• Pavel KotovKotov – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-0 7-6²) – Stats and score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-7⁸ 6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Elias YmerYmer (1-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Hugo GastonGaston (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (2-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
• Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-7⁴ 7-6⁶ 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Pavel KotovKotov (1-0) – H2H details and stats
• Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H details and stats