Marcos Giron tops Alexander Ritschard 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Munich on Thursday. Giron will face off with Botic Van De Zandschulp in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Giron scored 96 points vs. the Swiss’s 79.
Giron
Marcos served extremely well to win 78% of the points (32/41) behind his first serve, and he won 51% points (19/37) on his second serve. Giron won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities.
Ritschard
On the other side, the Swiss was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that he conquered points (3/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Giron and Ritschard is 1-0 for Marcos.
Draw and next match H2H: Marcos Giron vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp – stats
Giron will fight against Van De Zandschulp in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Marcos Giron and Botic Van De Zandschulp play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Giron (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Giron enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Alexander Ritschard in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for the Swiss to win the set as the American managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. The Swiss kept his cool to break Marcos in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
The American had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Alexander was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). In addition on the other side, the American was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 70 points. Alexander was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than the American (37-33). The Swiss surrendered 16 points on serve (23-16). Regarding the other side of the net, Marcos conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Marcos snatched in the 6th game (4-2) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
The American was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40). On the other side, Alexander wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They contested 52 points. Giron won 16 points more than Ritschard (34-18). Marcos lost 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the net, Alexander conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).
Giron got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Alexander Ritschard in the 2nd game (2-0). That break resulted decisive for Marcos to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Giron lost a big opportunity to break the Swiss in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40) in the 5th (40-0) and in the 7th (40-0) game.
Marcos converted 12% of his break points (1/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. Marcos conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Ritschard (29-24). Marcos dropped 8 points on serve (17-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Swiss conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
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