Tallon Griekspoor wins against Holger Rune 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the 3rd round in Madrid on Sunday. Griekspoor will face off with Andrey Rublev in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tallon added to his prize money € 36,775 after conquering this match. He has already won € 88,440 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tallon will add € 73,555 to his earnings to get in total € 161,995 in total.
Highlights Tallon Griekspoor vs. Holger Rune Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Griekspoor scored 103 points vs. Holger’s 86.
Griekspoor
The Dutch served very well to win 81% of the points (42/52) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (20/32) on his second serve. Griekspoor won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 17% (2/12) of the procured opportunities.
Rune
On the other side, the Dane was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Griekspoor and Rune is 2-0 for Tallon.
Draw and next match H2H: Tallon Griekspoor vs. Andrey Rublev – stats
Griekspoor will face Rublev in the 4th round.
This will be the 3rd time that Tallon Griekspoor and Andrey Rublev fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Dutch snatched in the 10th game (6-4) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Griekspoor failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Griekspoor converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Rune wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (3-6 15-40).
They contested 70 points. The Dutch won 6 points more than the Dane (38-32). Griekspoor conceded 10 points on serve (21-10). On the losing side, Rune conceded 17 points on serve (22-17).
Griekspoor conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Holger Rune in the 2nd game (2-0). Tallon managed to boost his lead after breaking the Dane before winning the set (6-4).
Holger wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, the Dutch was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 74 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Dane won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Tallon (35-39). Holger conceded 16 points on serve (28-16). On the losing side, Griekspoor conceded 7 points on serve (23-7).
Griekspoor conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Holger Rune in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was sufficient for Tallon to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Griekspoor was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40). On the other side, Holger wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They played 45 points. Griekspoor was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Rune (26-19). Griekspoor lost 5 points on serve (18-5). On the other side, the Dane conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).
Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Holger RuneRune (6-4 4-6 6-3)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 6-3)
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 7-62)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-2 6-3)
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-5 6-4)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-610 6-4)
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