Dusan Lajovic surprises Auger-Aliassime in the 2nd round to play vs Struff at the Mutua Madrid Open. HIGHLIGHTS – MADRID RESULTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Lajovic surprises Auger-Aliassime to come up against Jan-Lennard Struff in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime

Dusan Lajovic upsets Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-2 3-6 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Madrid on Saturday. Lajovic will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Jan-Lennard Struff in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

Lajovic
Madrid
Lajovic's Record

The Serbian added to his prize money € 21,790 after winning this match. He has already won € 48,835 after this win. If he wins the next match, Lajovic will add € 36,065 to his earnings to get in total € 84,900 in total.

Highlights Dusan Lajovic vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Lajovic
Auger-Aliassime
Dusan Lajovic
6-2 3-6 7-65
2h:33
Felix Auger-Aliassime
96
96
Total points
90
90
45
45
Winners
48
48
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
53%
53%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
12
12
1
1
Double Faults
11
11
63%
63%
1st in
57%
57%
83%
83%
1st won
84%
84%
45/54
45/54
1st won
48/57
48/57
47%
47%
2nd won
37%
37%
15/32
15/32
2nd won
16/43
16/43
-- Break Points --
2/6
2/6
Total
1/2
1/2
33%
33%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Lajovic scored 96 points vs. the Canadian’s 90.

Lajovic

The Serbian served extremely well to win 83% of the points (45/54) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 47% points (15/32) on his second serve. Dusan won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.

Auger-Aliassime

On the other side, the Canadian was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Lajovic and Auger-Aliassime is 3-0 for Dusan.

Draw and next match H2H: Dusan Lajovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff – stats

Lajovic will play Struff in the 3rd round.

This will be the 4th time that Dusan Lajovic and Jan-Lennard Struff fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Struff (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Struff won 6-76 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Metz back in 2014.

Dusan Lajovic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Lajovic 6-2
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
6
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
6
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
5
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
5
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
4
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
4
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
2
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15

Lajovic had a great start in this set after breaking Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Dusan improved his lead after breaking Auger-Aliassime in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

There was an important spell in this set when Lajovic won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Lajovic converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 49 points. Dusan conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Felix (28-21). Dusan dropped 7 points on serve (16-7). On the other side, Felix conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).

2nd Set -
Auger-Aliassime 6-3
Auger-AliassimeLajovic
6
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
Auger-AliassimeLajovic
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
Auger-AliassimeLajovic
5
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
Auger-AliassimeLajovic
5
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
Auger-AliassimeLajovic
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
Auger-AliassimeLajovic
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
Auger-AliassimeLajovic
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
Auger-AliassimeLajovic
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
Auger-AliassimeLajovic
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Felix grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) before finally winning the set (6-3).

Auger-Aliassime was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, the Serbian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).

They played 58 points. The Canadian conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Dusan (31-27). Auger-Aliassime lost 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the court, Lajovic conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).

3rd Set -
Lajovic 7-6
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
7
6
L
1
0
A
2
0
A
3
0
L
4
0
L
5
0
A
5
1
A
5
2
L
6
2
L
6
3
A
6
4
A
6
5
L
7
5
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
6
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
LajovicAuger-Aliassime
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Dusan won the breaker at 7-5.

Tiebreak

Lajovic won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Canadian won a minibreak in the 9th (3-6) point.

The Serbian won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

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

Dusan was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 79 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally the Serbian won barely 1 point more than the Canadian (40-39). The Serbian dropped 6 points on serve (24-6). In addition, on the other side, the Canadian conceded 16 points on serve (33-16).

1st
Lajovic
Auger-Aliassime
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Lajovic
Auger-Aliassime
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Lajovic
Auger-Aliassime
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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