Luca Van Assche prevails over Duckworth in the 1st round to battle vs Musetti. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Van Assche gets by Duckworth to face Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. James Duckworth

Luca Van Assche topples James Duckworth 6-7(2) 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Van Assche will face off with Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 32 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Van Assche
Melbourne
Van Assche's Record

Luca added to his prize money $ 60,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 180,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Van Assche will add $ 75,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 255,000 in total.

Highlights Luca Van Assche vs. James Duckworth Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Assche
Duckworth
Luca Van Assche
6-72 6-3 3-6
6-3 6-3
3h:32
James Duckworth
153
153
Total points
138
138
59
59
Winners
73
73
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
53%
53%
27
27
Unforced
70
70
28%
28%
Ratio Unforced
72%
72%
12/17
12/17
Net Approaches
23/42
23/42
71%
71%
Perc
55%
55%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
21
21
6
6
Double Faults
3
3
50%
50%
1st in
61%
61%
88%
88%
1st won
77%
77%
59/67
59/67
1st won
73/95
73/95
58%
58%
2nd won
47%
47%
39/67
39/67
2nd won
29/62
29/62
210
210
Fastest serve
213
213
187
187
AVG 1st Serve
185
185
156
156
AVG 2nd Serve
163
163
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
Total
2/2
2/2
38%
38%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, the French player scored 153 points vs. James’s 138.

Van Assche

Luca served pretty well to win 88% of the points (59/67) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (39/67) on his second serve. Van Assche blasted 11 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Luca won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Duckworth

On the other side, Duckworth was stunning in converting all his break points (2/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Van Assche and Duckworth is 1-0 for Luca.

Draw and next match H2H: Luca Van Assche vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats

Van Assche will fight against Musetti in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Lorenzo Musetti since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Luca Van Assche Draw info

The French player had an good ride in the last 2 sets to lose 6 games after winning 49 points vs. Musetti’s 22 points.

1st
Assche
Duckworth
6-7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
3
5
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Assche
Duckworth
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Assche
Duckworth
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
4th
Assche
Duckworth
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
5th
Assche
Duckworth
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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