Christopher O Connell conquers Alibek Kachmazov 7-6(3) 6-4 in the 1st round in Chengdu on Thursday. O Connell will fight against Taro Daniel in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 8 minutes.
The Australian added to his prize money $ 7,865 after winning this match. He has already won $ 20,230 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 14,610 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,840 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Christopher scored 84 points vs. the Russian’s 73.
O Connell
O Connell won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Kachmazov
On the other side, Alibek had some problems converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between O Connell and Kachmazov is 1-0 for Christopher.
Draw and next match H2H: Christopher O Connell vs. Taro Daniel – stats
O Connell will fight against Daniel in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Christopher O Connell and Taro Daniel clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Daniel (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Daniel won 6-0 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris back in May 2023.
Live score progression and stats
The Australian won the set after he broke Kachmazov .
The Australian was unable to convert any of the 7 conquered break points. He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 99 points. Christopher was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Kachmazov (54-45). O Connell dropped 14 points on serve (37-14). On the other side, the Russian conceded 17 points on serve (31-17).
O Connell was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Alibek Kachmazov in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, that was not enough for O Connell to win the set since the Russian succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game. Christopher maintained his cool to break Kachmazov in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Christopher was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 5th (2-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Alibek converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 60 points. The set was a huge battle since finally O Connell won just 2 points more than Kachmazov (31-29). Christopher lost 14 points on serve (13-14). On the other side, Kachmazov conceded 18 points on serve (15-18).
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