Sebastian Korda conquers Luca Nardi 7-5 7-5 in the 2nd round in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Thursday. Korda will play Tommy Paul in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes.
Korda added to his prize money € 8,750 after conquering this match. He has already won € 20,860 after this win. If he wins the next match, Korda will add € 15,140 to his earnings to get in total € 36,000 in total.
Highlights Sebastian Korda vs. Luca Nardi Libema Open – ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Korda scored 90 points vs. Nardi’s 74.
Korda
Korda served very well to win 84% of the points (37/44) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 42% points (13/31) on his second serve. The American won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Nardi
On the other side, Luca had a tough time converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Korda and Nardi is 1-0 for Sebastian.
Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Korda vs. Tommy Paul – stats
Korda will square off with Paul in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Sebastian Korda and Tommy Paul clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Korda (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
Live score progression and stats
Korda came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Luca Nardi in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Korda to win the set as Nardi managed to break back in the 9th (4-5) game. The American kept his cool to break Nardi in the 12th (7-5) game.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
The American was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). On the other side, the Italian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 8th (3-5 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 82 points. Sebastian won 10 more points than Nardi (46-36). Korda dropped 17 points on serve (32-17). In addition, on the other side, Luca conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
The American won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Korda broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.
Korda wasted a good opportunity to break Luca in the 6th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The American converted 10% of his break points (1/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, the Italian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 82 points. Korda conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Luca (44-38). Sebastian dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, Nardi conceded 26 points on serve (30-26).
Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch
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- Tommy PaulPaul – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (5-7 6-4 6-3)
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (4-6 6-2 7-5)
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-3)
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- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur FilsFils (6-3 7-61)
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