Aleksandar Kovacevic conquers Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-6(3) 6-7(2) 6-4 in the 1st round in Houston on Tuesday. Kovacevic will engage against Jordan Thompson in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 15 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. 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.
Kovacevic added to his prize money $ 4,515 after winning this match. He has already won $ 11,610 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 8,385 to his earnings to get in total $ 19,995 in total.
Highlights Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:15
At the end of the match, the American scored 118 points vs. the Australian’s 109.
Kovacevic
Kovacevic served very well to win 80% of the points (56/70) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (19/36) on his second serve. Kovacevic blasted 14 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Aleksandar won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 25% (2/8) of the procured opportunities.
Kokkinakis
On the other side, the Australian was struggling when converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Kovacevic and Kokkinakis is 1-0 for Aleksandar.
Draw and next match H2H: Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Jordan Thompson – stats
Kovacevic will play Thompson in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Aleksandar Kovacevic and Jordan Thompson fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kovacevic and Thompson (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Kovacevic won 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the 1st round in Acapulco back in February 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The American won the set after he broke Kokkinakis .
The American was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Thanasi was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They contested 92 points. This set was so close that, Kovacevic won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Aleksandar dropped 11 points on serve (27-11). In addition, on the other side, Kokkinakis conceded 19 points on serve (35-19).
Kokkinakis won the set after he broke Kovacevic .
Kokkinakis was unerring in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the American was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 83 points. The contest during this set was so even that Kokkinakis won just 1 point more than Aleksandar (42-41). Thanasi lost 10 points on serve (23-10). In addition, on the other side, Kovacevic conceded 19 points on serve (31-19).
Kovacevic came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Thanasi Kokkinakis in the 2nd game (2-0). Kovacevic improved his lead after breaking Thanasi in the 10th (6-4) game before winning the set.
The American converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-2 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Kovacevic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. Aleksandar was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Kokkinakis (31-21). Kovacevic was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). On the other side, the Australian conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
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