Arthur Rinderknech shocks Jiri Lehecka 7-5 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Marseille on Thursday. Rinderknech will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
Arthur added to his prize money € 9,180 after winning this match. He has already won € 21,885 after this win. If he wins the next match, Arthur will add € 15,880 to his earnings to get in total € 37,765 in total.
Highlights Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jiri Lehecka Open 13 Provence – Marseille
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Rinderknech scored 78 points vs. Lehecka’s 72.
Rinderknech
Rinderknech served extremely well to win 81% of the points (38/47) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 41% points (12/29) on his second serve. The French player struck 10 aces without committing any double fault. Rinderknech won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Lehecka
On the other side, the Czech wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Rinderknech and Lehecka is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Arthur Rinderknech vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats
Rinderknech will compete against Dimitrov in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Arthur Rinderknech and Grigor Dimitrov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Rinderknech conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Jiri Lehecka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Rinderknech to win the set because the Czech succeeded in breaking back in the 9th (4-5) game. Rinderknech maintained his cool to break the Czech in the 12th (7-5) game.
Rinderknech failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
The French player converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Czech converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 78 points. Rinderknech was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Lehecka (43-35). Arthur dropped 13 points on serve (27-13). on the other side of the court, Jiri conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).
Rinderknech won the set after he broke Lehecka in the 4th (3-1) game. The Czech tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. However, the French player refused to give way to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 5.
Tiebreak
The French player won 4 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Czech won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1) and 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Arthur converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Czech was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (3-5 40-A).
They played 72 points. It’s worth to point out that, Arthur won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Lehecka (34-38). Rinderknech dropped 13 points on serve (22-13). on the other side of the net, Jiri conceded 12 points on serve (25-12).
Tennis Scores in Marseille
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (7-5 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-1 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Hugo GastonGaston (2-6 6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-2) – H2H details and stats