Li Tu trashes Illya Marchenko 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in Newport on Monday after playing a solid match to play Aleksandar Vukic in the 1st round. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 68 points vs. the Ukrainian’s 47.
Tu
Tu was effective at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).
Marchenko
On the other side, the Ukrainian was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Tu and Marchenko is 1-0 for Li.
Draw and next match H2H: Li Tu vs. Aleksandar Vukic – stats
Tu will play Vukic in the 1st round.
There is no head to head record between Li Tu and Aleksandar Vukic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Li clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The Australian broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.
Illya was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The Australian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). Also, on the other side, the Ukrainian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 75 points. Li won 7 points more than Illya (41-34). Li surrendered 12 points on serve (20-12). on the other side of the net, Marchenko conceded 21 points on serve (22-21).
The Australian in this set played at a much higher level than Illya and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Marchenko in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Tu was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Illya was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 42 points. The Australian conquered the set after winning 14 more points than Marchenko (28-14). The Australian conceded 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, the Ukrainian conceded 10 points on serve (6-10).
Tennis Scores in Newport
- Yunseong ChungChung – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Li TuTu – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Mukund SasikumarSasikumar – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Skander MansouriMansouri (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
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