Aleksandar Vukic stuns Karen Khachanov 6-4 5-7 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Thursday. Vukic will square off with Tallon Griekspoor in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 39 minutes.
Aleksandar added to his prize money € 8,750 after winning this match. He has already won € 20,860 after this win. If he wins the next match, Aleksandar will add € 15,140 to his earnings to get in total € 36,000 in total.
Highlights Aleksandar Vukic vs. Karen Khachanov Libema Open – ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Aleksandar scored 106 points vs. Karen’s 105.
Vukic
Vukic served very well to win 75% of the points (48/64) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (25/46) on his second serve. The Australian blasted 14 aces without committing any double fault. Aleksandar won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Khachanov
On the other side, Karen had some problems converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Vukic and Khachanov is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Aleksandar Vukic vs. Tallon Griekspoor – stats
Vukic will square off with Griekspoor in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Vukic and Tallon Griekspoor since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Aleksandar grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Vukic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40). On the other side, Khachanov wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They played 66 points. Aleksandar won 4 more points than the Russian (35-31). The Australian lost 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
Karen won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Karen broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Khachanov failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
Vukic was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 3-5 to 7-5.
Khachanov was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 10th (4-5 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Aleksandar was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 7th game (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 67 points. Khachanov was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Vukic (37-30). Karen lost 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the net, Vukic conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).
Aleksandar won the set after he broke Khachanov in the 5th (3-2) game. The Russian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. However, Vukic kept the situation under control to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
The Australian won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Russian won a minibreak in the 10th (4-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Aleksandar converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Russian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 78 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Australian won just 2 more points than Khachanov (40-38). The Australian lost 14 points on serve (29-14). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 11 points on serve (24-11).
Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-4 5-7 7-64)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Zizou BergsBergs (7-5 6-4)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Luca NardiNardi (7-5 7-5)
- 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)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 7-65)
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur FilsFils (6-3 7-61)
Upcoming matches
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