Holger Rune dispatches Auger-Aliassime in the 1st round to play vs Dimitrov at the China Open. HIGHLIGHTS – BEIJING RESULTS

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING DRAW AND RESULTS. Rune downs Auger-Aliassime to square off with Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime

Holger Rune ousts Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Beijing on Friday. Rune will face Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes.

Rune
Beijing
Rune's Record

Holger added to his prize money $ 24,800 after winning this match. He has already won $ 53,145 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rune will add $ 46,415 to his earnings to get in total $ 99,560 in total.

Highlights Holger Rune vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime China Open – Beijing

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rune
Auger-Aliassime
Holger Rune
6-4 6-4
1h:23
Felix Auger-Aliassime
61
61
Total points
47
47
28
28
Winners
27
27
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
57%
57%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
4
4
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
62%
62%
1st in
70%
70%
88%
88%
1st won
69%
69%
28/32
28/32
1st won
27/39
27/39
65%
65%
2nd won
53%
53%
13/20
13/20
2nd won
9/17
9/17
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
Total
0/0
0/0
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Dane scored 61 points vs. the Canadian’s 47.

Rune

The Dane served pretty well to win 88% of the points (28/32) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (13/20) on his second serve. Rune didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4).

Auger-Aliassime

On the other side, the Canadian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Rune and Auger-Aliassime is 2-1 for Holger.

Draw and next match H2H: Holger Rune vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats

Rune will fight against Dimitrov in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Holger Rune and Grigor Dimitrov face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rune (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Rune won 3-6 7-66 7-64 6-3 in the 4th round in Wimbledon back in July 2023.

Holger Rune Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Rune 6-4
RuneAuger-Aliassime
6
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
RuneAuger-Aliassime
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
RuneAuger-Aliassime
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
RuneAuger-Aliassime
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
RuneAuger-Aliassime
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
RuneAuger-Aliassime
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
RuneAuger-Aliassime
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
RuneAuger-Aliassime
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
RuneAuger-Aliassime
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
RuneAuger-Aliassime
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
RuneAuger-Aliassime
0
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Dane conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

Rune converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Rune didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 62 points. Rune was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Auger-Aliassime (33-29). Holger conceded 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the court, Auger-Aliassime conceded 12 points on serve (22-12).

2nd Set -
Rune 6-4
RuneAuger-Aliassime
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
RuneAuger-Aliassime
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
RuneAuger-Aliassime
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
RuneAuger-Aliassime
3
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
RuneAuger-Aliassime
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
RuneAuger-Aliassime
2
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
RuneAuger-Aliassime
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
RuneAuger-Aliassime
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
RuneAuger-Aliassime
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Holger grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).

Holger was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, Holger didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 46 points. The Dane won 10 points more than Auger-Aliassime (28-18). Rune was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Felix conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).

1st
Rune
Auger-Aliassime
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Rune
Auger-Aliassime
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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