Luca Van Assche outlasts George Loffhagen 2-6 7-6(5) 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Eastbourne on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Van Assche will face off with Jeff Wolf in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 56 minutes.
Van Assche added to his prize money € 4,940 after winning this match. He has already won € 12,700 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add € 9,170 to his earnings to get in total € 21,870 in total.
Highlights Luca Van Assche vs. George Loffhagen Rothesay International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:56
Van Assche won this match even if he won less points than Loffhagen (113 vs. 117).
Van Assche
Luca was pretty focused in converting 55% of the break points that he procured (6/11).
Loffhagen
On the other side, the Brit didn’t lose the focus when converting 57% of the break points that he procured points (8/14). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Van Assche and Loffhagen is 1-0 for Luca.
Draw and next match H2H: Luca Van Assche vs. Jeff Wolf – stats
Van Assche will fight against Wolf in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Jeff Wolf since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Loffhagen in this set played much better tennis than Van Assche and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Luca in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Luca was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Loffhagen was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Van Assche wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-1 30-40).
They contested 58 points. George was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Van Assche (31-27). The Brit lost 10 points on serve (18-10). In addition, on the other side, the French player conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).
Van Assche took off at the beginning of the set after breaking George Loffhagen in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that was not enough for Van Assche to win the set because George managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The French player kept his focus to break the Brit in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game before winning the set (7-6).
The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 30.
Nevertheless also Loffhagen won 4 consecutive games from 0-2 to 4-2
Luca converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-5 30-40), the 12th (5-6 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, George converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (5-3 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 96 points. This set was so close that, The French player won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Van Assche conceded 19 points on serve (17-19). on the other side of the court, George conceded 31 points on serve (29-31).
The French player won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 12th (6-6) game, Luca broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-4.
Van Assche failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.
Tiebreak
Luca won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, George won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 10th (4-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Van Assche converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Loffhagen converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 12th game (5-6 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 76 points. It’s worth to point out that, The French player won this set even if he scored less points 4 than the Brit (36-40). Luca lost 20 points on serve (19-20). On the losing side, Loffhagen conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).
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