Roberto Carballes Baena tops Pavel Kotov 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Marrakech on Saturday. Carballes Baena will seek to keep on going in this event against Matteo Berrettini in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. Carballes Baena won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money € 21,180 after conquering this match. He has already won € 51,400 after this win. If he wins the next match, Roberto will add € 36,725 to his earnings to get in total € 88,125 in total.
Highlights Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Pavel Kotov Grand Prix Hassan II – Marrakech
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 65 points vs. the Russian’s 48.
Carballes Baena
The Spaniard was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6).
Kotov
On the other side, the Russian had a tough time converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Carballes Baena and Kotov is 2-0 for Roberto.
Draw and next match H2H: Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Matteo Berrettini – stats
Carballes Baena will fight against Berrettini in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Roberto Carballes Baena and Matteo Berrettini face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Berrettini (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Roberto won the set after he broke Pavel in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Kotov tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, the Spaniard managed to stay calm and finish the job to win the set 6-4.
The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
Roberto converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Kotov converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (3-6 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 74 points. Carballes Baena was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than the Russian (41-33). Roberto lost 16 points on serve (27-16). In addition, on the other side, Pavel conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Carballes Baena in this set played much better tennis than Kotov and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Kotov in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Russian was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Carballes Baena converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than the Russian (24-15). The Spaniard was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). on the other side of the net, Pavel conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
Tennis Scores in Marrakech
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Pavel KotovKotov (6-4 6-2)
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-74 6-3 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-2) – H2H details and stats