Alexander Shevchenko topples Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-6(4) 4-6 7-5 in the 1st round in Adelaide on Monday. Shevchenko will face off with Christopher O Connell or Arthur Rinderknech in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 56 minutes.
The Russian added to his prize money $ 4,515 after winning this match. He has already won $ 11,610 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 8,385 to his earnings to get in total $ 19,995 in total.
Highlights Alexander Shevchenko vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry Adelaide International – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Shevchenko won this match even if he won less points than the Argentine (113 vs. 114).
Shevchenko
The Russian won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Etcheverry
On the other side, the Argentine was not so effective in converting his break points (only 36% – 5/14). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Shevchenko and Etcheverry is 1-0 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Shevchenko vs. Christopher O Connell or Arthur Rinderknech – stats
Shevchenko will fight against either Christopher O Connell or Arthur Rinderknech in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Christopher O Connell and 0-0 vs. Arthur Rinderknech.
Live score progression and stats
The Russian won the set after he broke Etcheverry in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Tomas Martin tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Yet, the Russian refused to give way to win the set 7-6.
Alexander failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 0.
Shevchenko converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Tomas Martin converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had his opportunities in the 7th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 11th (5-6 0-40) and the 14th game (5-7 30-40).
They contested 87 points. It’s worth to point out that, Shevchenko won this set even if he scored less points 5 than Tomas Martin (41-46). Shevchenko surrendered 24 points on serve (27-24). on the other side of the court, Etcheverry conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Etcheverry conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Etcheverry missed the opportunity to break Alexander in the 7th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Argentine was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Alexander was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They contested 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Tomas Martin won just 3 more points than the Russian (38-35). Tomas Martin conceded 11 points on serve (20-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Alexander conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).
Shevchenko won the set after he broke the Argentine in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Etcheverry tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, the Russian kept the focus to conquer the set 7-5.
The Russian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Argentine converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 67 points. Alexander was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Tomas Martin (36-31). Alexander surrendered 10 points on serve (19-10). On the losing side, Etcheverry conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
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