Alexander Ritschard surprises Jan-Lennard Struff 7-5 7-5 in the 1st round in Munich on Tuesday. Ritschard will face Marcos Giron in the 2nd round. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours. This will be his best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reach the qualifications in 2012. Here you can see his history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ritschard scored 92 points vs. Struff’s 79.
Ritschard
The Swiss served pretty well to win 77% of the points (40/52) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 47% points (17/36) on his second serve. The Swiss won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Struff
On the other side, the German had some problems converting his break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Ritschard and Struff is 1-0 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Ritschard vs. Marcos Giron – stats
Ritschard will fight against Giron in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Marcos Giron since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Ritschard had a racing start in this set after breaking Jan-Lennard Struff in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Ritschard was not done to come back to break the German in the 6th (3-3) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Alexander failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
Ritschard converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-2 30-40), the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Jan-Lennard converted 11% of his break points (1/9). He had his opportunities in the 0th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 99 points. The Swiss was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the German (54-45). Ritschard surrendered 23 points on serve (35-23). On the losing side, the German conceded 19 points on serve (22-19).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Swiss conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
Alexander was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40), the 10th (5-4 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, the Swiss didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 72 points. Ritschard won 4 more points than the German (38-34). The Swiss surrendered 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the court, the German conceded 16 points on serve (26-16).
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