Emil Ruusuvuori beats Sebastian Ofner 4-6 7-5 6-3 in the semifinal in Hong Kong on Saturday. Ruusuvuori is going to play against Andrey Rublev in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes.
The Finn added to his prize money $ 23,845 after winning this match. He has already won $ 57,845 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ruusuvuori will add $ 42,155 to his earnings to get in total $ 100,000 in total.
Highlights Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Sebastian Ofner Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:12
At the end of the match, the Finn scored 102 points vs. Sebastian’s 86.
Ruusuvuori
Emil served extremely well to win 80% of the points (48/60) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (16/28) on his second serve. Ruusuvuori won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 25% (3/12) of the procured opportunities.
Ofner
On the other side, the Austrian was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Ruusuvuori and Ofner is 2-0 for Emil.
Draw and next match H2H: Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Andrey Rublev – stats
Ruusuvuori will come up against Rublev in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Emil Ruusuvuori and Andrey Rublev square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Ruusuvuori started the set in the best possible way after breaking Sebastian Ofner in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Ofner to win the set since Ruusuvuori managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Ofner kept his cool to break Emil in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
The Finn was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The Austrian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). Also, on the other side, Emil was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They contested 65 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Austrian won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the Finn (32-33). Sebastian dropped 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the court, the Finn conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Ruusuvuori grabbed in the 12th game (7-5) prior to ultimately winning the set (7-5).
The Finn failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
Emil missed the opportunity to break the Austrian in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Finn was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Ofner wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They played 74 points. Ruusuvuori was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the Austrian (41-33). The Finn dropped 8 points on serve (26-8). on the other side of the court, Ofner conceded 15 points on serve (25-15).
Similarly to the 2nd set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Emil clinched in the 6th game (4-2) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Ruusuvuori converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Finn didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. Emil was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than the Austrian (28-21). The Finn was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). In addition, on the other side, Ofner conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).
Tennis Scores in Hong Kong
- Andrey RublevRublev – Juncheng ShangShang (4-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Sebastian OfnerOfner (4-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Andrey RublevRublev – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (2-1) – H2H details and stats
