Jan-Lennard Struff bests Karatsev in the semifinal to collide vs Alcaraz at the Mutua Madrid Open. HIGHLIGHTS – MADRID RESULTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Struff gets by Karatsev to compete against Carlos Alcaraz in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Aslan Karatsev

Jan-Lennard Struff victorious over Aslan Karatsev 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Madrid on Friday. Struff will engage against Carlos Alcaraz in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 2nd round in 2018 and 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

Struff
Madrid
Struff's Record

Struff added to his prize money € 271,210 after winning this match. He has already won € 580,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Jan-Lennard will add € 525,265 to his earnings to get in total € 1,105,265 in total.

Highlights Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Aslan Karatsev Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Struff
Karatsev
Jan-Lennard Struff
4-6 6-3 6-4
2h:18
Aslan Karatsev
93
93
Total points
91
91
42
42
Winners
36
36
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
3
3
6
6
Double Faults
4
4
59%
59%
1st in
58%
58%
74%
74%
1st won
71%
71%
42/57
42/57
1st won
36/51
36/51
54%
54%
2nd won
59%
59%
21/39
21/39
2nd won
22/37
22/37
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
Total
2/7
2/7
33%
33%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, Jan-Lennard scored 93 points vs. Aslan’s 91.

Struff

Struff blasted 15 aces and he committed 6 double faults. The German won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.

Karatsev

On the other side, Karatsev wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Struff and Karatsev is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats

Struff will compete against Alcaraz in the final.

This will be the 3rd time that Jan-Lennard Struff and Carlos Alcaraz face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Struff and Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

Jan-Lennard Struff Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Karatsev 6-4
KaratsevStruff
6
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
KaratsevStruff
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
KaratsevStruff
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
KaratsevStruff
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
KaratsevStruff
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
KaratsevStruff
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
KaratsevStruff
2
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
KaratsevStruff
1
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
KaratsevStruff
1
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
KaratsevStruff
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
KaratsevStruff
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40

Aslan conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Karatsev broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game to win the set 6-4.

Certainly, a key moment was when the Russian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the game count from 1-3 to 5-3.

The Russian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). In addition on the other side, the German was spot on in converting all his break points in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 62 points. Karatsev won 6 more points than the German (34-28). Karatsev surrendered 6 points on serve (18-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Jan-Lennard conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).

2nd Set -
Struff 6-3
StruffKaratsev
6
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
StruffKaratsev
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
StruffKaratsev
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
StruffKaratsev
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
StruffKaratsev
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
StruffKaratsev
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
15
StruffKaratsev
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
StruffKaratsev
3
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
StruffKaratsev
2
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40

Struff overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Aslan Karatsev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break turned to be decisive for Jan-Lennard to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.

They contested 47 points. The German conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Karatsev (26-21). Jan-Lennard was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (17-2). On the other side, Aslan conceded 9 points on serve (19-9).

3rd Set -
Struff 6-4
StruffKaratsev
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
StruffKaratsev
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
StruffKaratsev
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
StruffKaratsev
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
StruffKaratsev
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
StruffKaratsev
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
StruffKaratsev
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
StruffKaratsev
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
StruffKaratsev
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Jan-Lennard snatched in the 5th game (3-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).

Struff converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Karatsev was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 75 points. Struff was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Karatsev (40-35). Struff conceded 14 points on serve (25-14). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).

1st
Struff
Karatsev
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Struff
Karatsev
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Struff
Karatsev
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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