Botic Van De Zandschulp aces Fucsovics in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Ruud in the next round – MONTE-CARLO ROLEX MASTERS RESULTS

Botic Van De Zandschulp defeats Marton Fucsovics 3-6 7-6(2) 6-1 in the 1^st round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Monday. Van De Zandschulp will try to keep the momentum against Casper Ruud in the 2^nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 1^st round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Van De Zandschulp added to his prize money € 18,600 after conquering this match. He has already won € 41,700 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Dutch will add € 36,060 to his earnings to get in total € 77,760 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Botic scored 96 points vs. the Hungarian’s 89.

Van De Zandschulp

Botic won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.

Fucsovics

On the other side, Fucsovics was struggling when converting his break points (only 44% – 4/9). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Van De Zandschulp and Fucsovics is 2-1 for Botic.

Draw and next match H2H: Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Casper Ruud – stats

Van De Zandschulp will fight against Ruud in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Botic Van De Zandschulp and Casper Ruud square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Van De Zandschulp (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Van De Zandschulp won 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the 3^rd round in Miami back in March 2023.

Live score progression and stats

Van De Zandschulp had a great start in this set after breaking Marton Fucsovics in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for Fucsovics to win the set since Van De Zandschulp succeeded in breaking back in the 4^th (2-2) game. The Hungarian kept his focus to break Van De Zandschulp in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

Marton failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.

The Dutch was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.

Fucsovics was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 0-40), the 6^th (3-3 15-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Dutch was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4^th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10^th game (2-6 30-40).

They contested 57 points. Marton was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than the Dutch (35-22). Fucsovics conceded 13 points on serve (21-13). on the other side of the court, the Dutch conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).

Van De Zandschulp had a strong start of this set after breaking Marton Fucsovics in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Botic managed to stage a great comeback to break Fucsovics in the 5^th (2-3) game before winning the set (7-6).

The Dutch converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5^th (1-3 15-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Marton converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 4^th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6^th (3-2 30-40) and the 12^th game (6-5

15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 87 points. Botic was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the Hungarian (48-39). Van De Zandschulp surrendered 20 points on serve (37-20). On the losing side, Fucsovics conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).

The Dutch won the set after he broke the Hungarian in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game.

Fucsovics was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Botic converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6^th game (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Dutch didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 41 points. The Dutch was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Fucsovics (26-15). Botic was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). On the losing side, Fucsovics conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).

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