Emil Ruusuvuori ousts Christopher O Connell 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Doha on Wednesday. Ruusuvuori will play Karen Khachanov in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2022 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Emil added to his prize money $ 17,590 after winning this match. He has already won $ 42,190 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ruusuvuori will add $ 30,620 to his earnings to get in total $ 72,810 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:46
At the end of the match, the Finn scored 80 points vs. the Australian’s 60.
Ruusuvuori
Ruusuvuori won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 27% (4/15) of the procured opportunities.
O Connell
On the other side, Christopher was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Ruusuvuori and O Connell is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Ruusuvuori will square off with Khachanov in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Emil Ruusuvuori and Karen Khachanov clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ruusuvuori won 7-62 2-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Hong kong back in January 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Emil snatched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Ruusuvuori converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Finn didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 61 points. The Finn was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than O Connell (36-25). The Finn conceded 7 points on serve (20-7). on the other side of the court, Christopher conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
Ruusuvuori commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Christopher O Connell in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, Emil found the way to come back to break the Australian in the 5th (3-2) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Emil converted 18% of his break points (2/11). He had 11 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, O Connell converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 79 points. Ruusuvuori was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than O Connell (44-35). Emil lost 11 points on serve (18-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Christopher conceded 26 points on serve (24-26).
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- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Pavel KotovKotov (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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Upcoming matches
- Andrey RublevRublev – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Alexander BublikBublik (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Gael MonfilsMonfils (2-0) – H2H details and stats
