Roman Safiullin hustles Daniel Evans 6-1 5-7 6-2 in the 1st round in Indian Wells on Thursday. Safiullin will face Sebastian Korda in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Safiullin added to his prize money $ 11,950 after winning this match. He has already won $ 42,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Roman will add $ 17,100 to his earnings to get in total $ 59,100 in total.
Highlights Roman Safiullin vs. Daniel Evans BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 89 points vs. the Brit’s 68.
Safiullin
The Russian served very well to win 76% of the points (35/46) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (18/32) on his second serve. Roman fired 11 aces and he committed 5 double faults. The Russian won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Evans
On the other side, Evans wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Safiullin and Evans is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Roman Safiullin vs. Sebastian Korda – stats
Safiullin will compete against Korda in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Roman Safiullin and Sebastian Korda clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Safiullin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Safiullin had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Daniel Evans in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Roman managed to boost his lead after breaking the Brit in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Roman won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Russian converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Evans wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They played 49 points. Safiullin won 13 points more than Daniel (31-18). Roman surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). On the other side, the Brit conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Daniel won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Brit broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Daniel failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
Daniel was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 0-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Russian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 65 points. The Brit won 7 more points than Safiullin (36-29). Daniel dropped 11 points on serve (23-11). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
Safiullin in this set played at a much higher level than Evans and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking the Brit in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Roman converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, the Brit wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They played 43 points. Safiullin conquered the set after winning 15 more points than Evans (29-14). The Russian lost 6 points on serve (18-6). on the other side of the court, Evans conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).
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