Pavel Kotov surprises Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Kotov will play against Emil Ruusuvuori in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes.
Pavel added to his prize money $ 8,400 after winning this match. He has already won $ 20,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 14,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,000 in total.
Highlights Pavel Kotov vs. Lorenzo Musetti Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 69 points vs. Musetti’s 61.
Kotov
The Russian served pretty well to win 79% of the points (38/48) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 35% points (8/23) on his second serve. Pavel was well focused in converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (3/4).
Musetti
On the other side, Lorenzo wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Kotov and Musetti is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Pavel Kotov vs. Emil Ruusuvuori – stats
Kotov will fight against Ruusuvuori in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Pavel Kotov and Emil Ruusuvuori face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Ruusuvuori (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Kotov grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
The Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 15-40). On the other side, Pavel didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 65 points. It’s worth to point out that, Kotov won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Musetti (32-33). Kotov surrendered 12 points on serve (23-12). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 9 points on serve (21-9).
Pavel won the set after he broke Lorenzo in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Kotov converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Lorenzo was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A).
They played 65 points. Kotov conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Italian (37-28). Pavel dropped 13 points on serve (23-13). On the losing side, Lorenzo conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
Tennis Scores in Hong Kong
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- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-62 2-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-75 7-62 7-62) – Stats and score progression
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