Luca Van Assche gets the better of Stan Wawrinka 1-6 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 1st round in Banja Luka on Monday. Van Assche is going to play against Novak Djokovic in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes.
Van Assche added to his prize money € 3,845 after conquering 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.
Highlights Luca Van Assche vs. Stan Wawrinka Srpska Open – Banja Luka
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Van Assche won this contest even if he won less points than Stan (95 vs. 103).
Van Assche
Luca won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Wawrinka
On the other side, the Swiss was battling in converting his break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Van Assche and Wawrinka is 1-0 for Luca.
Draw and next match H2H: Luca Van Assche vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Van Assche will fight against Djokovic in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Novak Djokovic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Van Assche had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Stan Wawrinka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Swiss improved his lead after breaking Van Assche in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Swiss won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Stan was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 8th game (6-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Wawrinka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 54 points. The Swiss won 10 points more than Luca (32-22). Wawrinka dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Luca conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
Van Assche won the set after he broke Wawrinka .
The French player was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Swiss was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 94 points. It’s worth to point out that, Van Assche won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Stan (45-49). The French player surrendered 12 points on serve (24-12). On the losing side, Stan conceded 21 points on serve (37-21).
Van Assche won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Luca broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game to conquer the set 6-4.
There was an important spell in this set when Luca won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the game count from 1-3 to 5-3.
The French player converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Swiss was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40).
They played 50 points. Van Assche won 6 more points than the Swiss (28-22). Luca dropped 10 points on serve (17-10). on the other side of the court, Wawrinka conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
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