Alexander Shevchenko demolishes Luca Van Assche 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Brisbane on Sunday after playing a good match to square off with Holger Rune in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Shevchenko added to his prize money $ 4,360 after winning this match. He has already won $ 11,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shevchenko will add $ 7,700 to his earnings to get in total $ 18,700 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:15
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 66 points vs. Luca’s 45.
Shevchenko
Alexander won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Van Assche
On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Shevchenko and Van Assche is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Shevchenko vs. Holger Rune – stats
Shevchenko will fight against Rune in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Alexander Shevchenko and Holger Rune since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Russian clinched in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Alexander converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Luca wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They contested 60 points. Alexander was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Van Assche (35-25). The Russian lost 8 points on serve (22-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).
Shevchenko enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Luca Van Assche in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was enough for the Russian to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks anymore.
The Russian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 4th game (3-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Luca wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 0th game (0-2 30-40).
They played 53 points. Shevchenko conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Luca (32-21). Shevchenko dropped 5 points on serve (17-5). On the other side, Luca conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
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