Pavel Kotov tops Alexandre Muller 6-4 5-7 6-2 in the 2nd round in Salem Open on Tuesday. Kotov will play against Zachary Svajda in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Salem Open
Kotov's Record

Pavel added to his prize money $ 4,800 after winning this match. He has already won $ 11,640 after this win. If he wins the next match, Kotov will add $ 8,735 to his earnings to get in total $ 20,375 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kotov
Muller
6-4 5-7 6-2
2h:30
101
101
Total points
88
88
43
43
Winners
43
43
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
1
1
5
5
Double Faults
3
3
55%
55%
1st in
68%
68%
84%
84%
1st won
65%
65%
43/51
43/51
1st won
43/66
43/66
39%
39%
2nd won
39%
39%
16/41
16/41
2nd won
12/31
12/31
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
Total
3/11
3/11
38%
38%
Won
27%
27%
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At the end of the match, Pavel scored 101 points vs. Alexandre’s 88.

Kotov

Kotov served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (43/51) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 39% points (16/41) on his second serve. Kotov blasted 12 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Kotov won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Muller

On the other side, Alexandre was struggling when converting his break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Kotov and Muller is 2-1

for Pavel.

Draw and next match H2H: Pavel Kotov vs. Zachary Svajda – stats

Kotov will come up against Svajda in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Zachary Svajda since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

1st
Kotov
Muller
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Kotov
Muller
5-7
5
7
5
6
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
3rd
Kotov
Muller
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1

Tennis Scores in Salem Open

  • Pavel KotovKotov – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 5-7 6-2)
  • Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 6-4)
  • Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-62 6-2)
  • Borna CoricCoric – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4)
  • Juncheng ShangShang – Mariano NavoneNavone (7-5 6-3)
  • Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-1 7-5)
  • Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-63 6-4)
  • Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-2)
  • Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 6-4)
  • Learner TienTien – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-2 6-71 7-62)
  • Christopher EubanksEubanks – Hugo GastonGaston (6-1 6-4)
  • David GoffinGoffin – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-2 6-4)
  • Zizou BergsBergs – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (4-6 7-5 6-3)
  • Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Dominic StrickerStricker (6-4 6-1)
  • Aleksandar VukicVukic – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-65 2-6 6-1)
  • Rinky HijikataHijikata – Arthur CazauxCazaux (4-6 6-3 7-64)

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