Roman Safiullin topples Matteo Arnaldi 7-6(4) 6-2 in the quarter in Brisbane on Friday. Safiullin will seek to keep on going in this event against Holger Rune in the semifinal. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours.
The Russian added to his prize money $ 14,100 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 32,800 as of now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Roman will add $ 22,865 to his earnings to get in total $ 55,665.
Highlights Roman Safiullin vs. Matteo Arnaldi Brisbane International – Brisbane
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 76 points vs. the Italian’s 66.
Safiullin
Safiullin served pretty well to win 84% of the points (36/43) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 47% points (14/30) on his second serve. Safiullin won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Arnaldi
On the other side, Arnaldi was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Safiullin and Arnaldi is 1-0 for Roman.
Draw and next match H2H: Roman Safiullin vs. Holger Rune – stats
Safiullin will compete against Rune in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Roman Safiullin and Holger Rune since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Roman won the set after he broke Matteo .
Safiullin was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 97 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally the Russian won just 1 point more than Arnaldi (49-48). Safiullin dropped 17 points on serve (36-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Arnaldi conceded 13 points on serve (31-13).
Safiullin had a strong start of this set after breaking Matteo Arnaldi in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for the Russian to win the set because Matteo succeeded in breaking back in the 7th
(2-5) game. Roman maintained his cool to break the Italian in the 8th (6-2) game.There was an important spell in this set when Safiullin won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Safiullin converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Italian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 5th (0-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 40-A).
They contested 45 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Matteo (26-19). Safiullin conceded 11 points on serve (14-11). on the other side of the court, Arnaldi conceded 12 points on serve (8-12).
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