Arthur Fils beats Joao Sousa 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Estoril on Wednesday. Fils will clash against Cristian Garin in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes.
Fils added to his prize money € 3,950 after conquering this match. He has already won € 10,165 after this win. If he wins the next match, Fils will add € 7,345 to his earnings to get in total € 17,510 in total.
Highlights Arthur Fils vs. Joao Sousa Millennium Estoril Open – Estoril
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the French player scored 82 points vs. Joao’s 73.
Fils
Fils served extremely well to win 75% of the points (36/48) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 48% points (13/27) on his second serve. Fils didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).
Sousa
On the other side, the Portuguese was struggling when converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Fils and Sousa is 1-0 for Arthur.
Draw and next match H2H: Arthur Fils vs. Cristian Garin – stats
Fils will square off with Garin in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Arthur Fils and Cristian Garin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The French player won the set after he broke Joao in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Joao tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Anyhow, the French player managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 7-5.
The Portuguese couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Fils converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 9th (4-4 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Portuguese converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 92 points. Fils conquered the set after winning 4 more points than the Portuguese (48-44). Arthur conceded 13 points on serve (24-13). In addition, on the other side, the Portuguese conceded 24 points on serve (31-24).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Fils conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before finally winning the set (6-4).
They played 63 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Sousa (34-29). Arthur lost 13 points on serve (25-13). On the losing side, Sousa conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
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