Holger Rune bests Roman Safiullin 6-4 7-6(0) in the semifinal in Brisbane on Saturday. Rune will square off with Grigor Dimitrov or Jordan Thompson in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes.
The Dane added to his prize money $ 22,865 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 55,665 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rune will add $ 39,675 to his earnings to get in total $ 95,340 in total.
Highlights Holger Rune vs. Roman Safiullin Brisbane International – Brisbane
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Holger scored 75 points vs. Roman’s 63.
Rune
The Dane served extremely well to win 81% of the points (39/48) behind his first serve. However he won only 46% points (11/24) on his second serve. Holger won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.
Safiullin
On the other side, Safiullin didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Rune and Safiullin is 1-0 for Holger.
Draw and next match H2H: Holger Rune vs. Grigor Dimitrov or Jordan Thompson – stats
Rune will square off with either Grigor Dimitrov or Jordan Thompson in the final. The head to head is 1-1 vs. Grigor Dimitrov and 0-0 vs. Jordan Thompson.
Live score progression and stats
Rune enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Roman Safiullin in the 1st game (1-0). That break was the key for Holger to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Holger converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (3-1 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40). On the other side, Holger didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 63 points. The Dane conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Roman (37-26). Rune lost 7 points on serve (22-7). On the losing side, Safiullin conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
Rune conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Roman Safiullin in the 2nd game (2-0). That was enough for Roman to win the set (7-6) since there were no other breaks.
Holger missed the chance to break the Russian in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
The Dane won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0) and 7th (7-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0
The Dane was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Safiullin converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They played 75 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Rune won barely 1 point more than Roman (38-37). Holger dropped 15 points on serve (28-15). In addition, on the other side, Safiullin conceded 10 points on serve (22-10).
Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Holger RuneRune – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-4 7-60) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-1) – H2H details and stats