Pavel Kotov wins against Lorenzo Sonego 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in Doha on Monday. Kotov will clash against Ugo Humbert in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2022 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Pavel added to his prize money $ 9,630 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 24,600 after this win. If he wins the next match, Pavel will add $ 17,590 to his earnings to get in total $ 42,190 in total.
Highlights Pavel Kotov vs. Lorenzo Sonego Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:47
At the end of the match, Kotov scored 76 points vs. Sonego’s 60.
Kotov
Pavel served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (39/52) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 43% points (9/21) on his second serve. Kotov won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Sonego
On the other side, the Italian was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Kotov and Sonego is 2-0 for Pavel.
Draw and next match H2H: Pavel Kotov vs. Ugo Humbert – stats
Kotov will compete against Humbert in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Pavel Kotov and Ugo Humbert square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Humbert (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Kotov overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Lorenzo Sonego in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Russian managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Lorenzo in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
Certainly, a key moment was when Kotov won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
The Russian converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 2nd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 55 points. Kotov won 11 more points than the Italian (33-22). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, the Italian conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).
Kotov started the set strong after breaking Lorenzo Sonego in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the Russian was not done to come back to break Sonego in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Kotov converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Sonego converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 81 points. The Russian won 5 more points than Lorenzo (43-38). Kotov dropped 22 points on serve (32-22). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Pavel KotovKotov – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Vit KoprivaKopriva (7-5 7-66) – Stats and score progression
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- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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