Relentless Pavel Kotov survives O Connell in the quarter to play vs Muller in the following round at the Grand Prix Hassan II. HIGHLIGHTS – MARRAKECH RESULTS

GRAND PRIX HASSAN II - MARRAKECH DRAW AND RESULTS. Kotov outlasts O Connell to square off with Alexandre Muller in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Christopher O Connell

Pavel Kotov survives Christopher O Connell 6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(3) in the quarter in Marrakech on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Kotov will square off with Alexandre Muller in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 53 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Kotov
Marrakech
Kotov's Record

The Russian added to his prize money € 12,345 after winning this match. He has already won € 29,355 up to now in this event. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add € 20,585 to his earnings to get in total € 49,940.

Highlights Pavel Kotov vs. Christopher O Connell Grand Prix Hassan II – Marrakech

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kotov
Connell
Pavel Kotov
6-3 6-76 7-63
2h:53
Christopher O Connell
107
107
Total points
104
104
47
47
Winners
50
50
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
4
4
Double Faults
3
3
65%
65%
1st in
65%
65%
66%
66%
1st won
76%
76%
47/71
47/71
1st won
50/66
50/66
66%
66%
2nd won
47%
47%
25/38
25/38
2nd won
17/36
17/36
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
2/4
2/4
50%
50%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Kotov scored 107 points vs. Christopher’s 104.

Kotov

Kotov was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).

O Connell

On the other side, O Connell didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Kotov and O Connell is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Pavel Kotov vs. Alexandre Muller – stats

Kotov will play Muller in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Alexandre Muller since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Pavel Kotov Draw info

Live score progression and stats

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Kotov conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before finally winning the set (6-3).

Kotov converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, O Connell wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 40-A).

They contested 58 points. Pavel won 10 more points than Christopher (34-24). Kotov dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). On the other side, O Connell conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).

Kotov had a favorable start in this set after breaking Christopher O Connell in the 2nd game (2-0). Christopher to win the set (7-6) since there were no other breaks anymore.

O Connell was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 78 points. O Connell was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Pavel (41-37). O Connell was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the court, Pavel conceded 21 points on serve (33-21).

Pavel conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Kotov broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-3.

Tiebreak

Kotov won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 10th (7-3) point.

Pavel won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.

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

Pavel converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A). On the other side, Christopher was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 0-40).

They played 75 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Russian won this set even if he scored less points 1 than O Connell (37-38). Kotov conceded 10 points on serve (22-10). On the other side, Christopher conceded 15 points on serve (28-15).

 

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