Christopher Eubanks survives Lloyd Harris 4-6 6-3 7-6(9) in the semifinal in Mallorca on Friday after winning a huge battle. The battle lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes and Eubanks saved 3 match points on the way. He will face Adrian Mannarino in what will be his maiden ATP final.
Christopher added to his prize money € 33,480 after conquering this match. He has already won € 81,240 after this win. If he wins the next match, Christopher will add € 58,030 to his earnings to get in total € 139,270 in total.
Highlights Christopher Eubanks vs. Lloyd Harris Mallorca Championships – Mallorca
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:18
The American won this contest even if he conquered less points than Lloyd (100 vs. 105).
Eubanks
Christopher served extremely well to win 77% of the points (62/81) behind his first serve. However he won only 44% points (11/25) on his second serve. Eubanks blasted 14 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Eubanks won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 14% (1/7) of the procured opportunities.
Harris
On the other side, Lloyd wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Eubanks and Harris is 3-4 for Lloyd.
Live score progression and stats
Eubanks had a strong start of this set after breaking Lloyd Harris in the 1st game (1-0). That break was the key and it was sufficient for Lloyd to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.
The South African was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Harris didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 62 points. Harris won 8 points more than Eubanks (35-27). The South African was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).
Eubanks had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Lloyd Harris in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key and it was sufficient for the American to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
The American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 0th game (2-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Lloyd wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They played 53 points. It’s worth to point out that, The American won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the South African (26-27). Christopher lost 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the net, Harris conceded 9 points on serve (20-9).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Christopher won a thrilling breaker 11-9 after a huge fight with 20 points played.
Tiebreak
Christopher won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, the South african won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (4-3) and 10th (5-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9
Eubanks was unable to convert any of the 5 conquered break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). Christopher saved 2 set points when he was 6-7 and 8-9 down. Furthermore, on the other side, the South african was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 90 points. The American conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Lloyd (47-43). The American dropped 11 points on serve (34-11). On the other side, the South african conceded 13 points on serve (32-13).
Tennis Scores in Mallorca
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Lloyd HarrisHarris (4-6 6-3 7-69) – Stats and score progression
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