Sebastian Korda too good for Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in Zhuhai on Sunday after playing an impressive match to come up against Karen Khachanov in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes.
Korda added to his prize money $ 21,540 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 51,215 until now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Korda will add $ 35,895 to his earnings to get in total $ 87,110.
Highlights Sebastian Korda vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry Zhuhai Open – Zhuhai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:11
At the end of the match, the American scored 61 points vs. Tomas Martin’s 35.
Korda
Korda served pretty well to win 77% of the points (23/30) behind his first serve, and he won 75% points (12/16) on his second serve. The American was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Etcheverry
On the other side, Tomas Martin wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Korda and Etcheverry is 2-0 for Sebastian.
Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Korda vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Korda will square off with Khachanov in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Sebastian Korda and Karen Khachanov fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Korda and Khachanov (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Khachanov won 7-65 6-3 3-0 ret. in the quarter in Melbourne back in January 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Korda had a great start in this set after breaking Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Korda managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Argentine in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Etcheverry had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-1 to 6-1.
The American converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (6-0 40-A). On the other side, Sebastian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. Korda conquered the set after winning 18 more points than Tomas Martin (34-16). Korda was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the court, the Argentine conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).
Korda got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Sebastian to win the set (6-2) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Sebastian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (2-0 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 46 points. Sebastian conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the Argentine (27-19). Korda surrendered 8 points on serve (19-8). on the other side of the net, Etcheverry conceded 8 points on serve (11-8).
Tennis Scores in Zhuhai
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-65 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (4-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Sebastian KordaKorda (2-2) – H2H details and stats
