Arthur Rinderknech overcomes Christopher O Connell 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Salem Open on Tuesday. Rinderknech will fight against David Goffin in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2021 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Rinderknech 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, the French player will add $ 8,735 to his earnings to get in total $ 20,375 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Arthur scored 64 points vs. Christopher’s 52.
Rinderknech
The French player served pretty well to win 76% of the points (25/33) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (9/16) on his second serve. Rinderknech won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
O Connell
On the other side, the Australian was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Rinderknech and O Connell is 4-2 for Arthur.
Draw and next match H2H: Arthur Rinderknech vs. David Goffin – stats
Rinderknech will come up against Goffin in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Arthur Rinderknech and David Goffin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Goffin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Goffin won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Marrakech back in April 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The French player won the set after he broke Christopher in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Rinderknech failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
The French player converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Christopher wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (2-6 15-40).
They contested 58 points. Rinderknech was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than O Connell (31-27). The French player dropped 9 points on serve (17-9). on the other side of the net, Christopher conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Rinderknech had a strong start of this set after breaking Christopher O Connell in the 2nd game (2-0). Arthur reinforced his lead after breaking Christopher in the 10th (6-4) game before winning the set.
Arthur converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, O Connell was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 58 points. The French player was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than O Connell (33-25). Rinderknech conceded 6 points on serve (17-6). On the losing side, O Connell conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
Tennis Scores in Salem Open
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- Pavel KotovKotov – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 5-7 6-2)
- Learner TienTien – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-2 6-71 7-62)
- David GoffinGoffin – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-2 6-4)
- Juncheng ShangShang – Mariano NavoneNavone (7-5 6-3)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Dominic StrickerStricker (6-4 6-1)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-63 6-4)
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 6-4)
- Borna CoricCoric – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4)
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 6-4)
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Hugo GastonGaston (6-1 6-4)
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-2)
- Zizou BergsBergs – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (4-6 7-5 6-3)
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-1 7-5)
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-65 2-6 6-1)
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Arthur CazauxCazaux (4-6 6-3 7-64)
Upcoming matches
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Borna CoricCoric – Rinky HijikataHijikata (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – David GoffinGoffin (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Zizou BergsBergs – (0-1) – H2H details and stats