Matteo Arnaldi ousts Safiullin in the 2nd round to clash vs Thompson. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Matteo Arnaldi beats Roman Safiullin 6-2 6-4 6-4 in the 2^nd round in New York on Thursday. Arnaldi will play against Jordan Thompson in the 3^rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the 4^th round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

New York

Arnaldi's Record

Matteo added to his prize money $ 75,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 215,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Matteo will add $ 110,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.

Highlights Matteo Arnaldi vs. Roman Safiullin U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Arnaldi

Safiullin

6-2 6-4 6-4
2h:04

95

95

Total points

74

74

42

42

Winners

29

29

44%

44%

Ratio Winners

39%

39%

22

22

Unforced

34

34

39%

39%

Ratio Unforced

61%

61%

15/21

15/21

Net Approaches

16/28

16/28

71%

71%

Perc

57%

57%

-- Serve --

7

7

Aces

3

3

3

3

Double Faults

3

3

65%

65%

1st in

59%

59%

75%

75%

1st won

59%

59%

42/56

42/56

1st won

29/49

29/49

57%

57%

2nd won

53%

53%

17/30

17/30

2nd won

18/34

18/34

202

202

Fastest serve

207

207

167

167

AVG 1^st Serve

173

173

137

137

AVG 2^nd Serve

146

146

-- Break Points --

5/9

5/9

Total

1/3

1/3

56%

56%

Won

33%

33%

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At the end of the match, the Italian scored 95 points vs. Safiullin’s 74.

Arnaldi

Matteo served extremely well to win 75% of the points (42/56) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (17/30) on his second serve. The Italian was sharp when converting 56% of the break points that he conquered (5/9).

Safiullin

On the other side, Safiullin was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Arnaldi and Safiullin is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Arnaldi vs. Jordan Thompson – stats

Arnaldi will come up against Thompson in the 3^rd round.

There is no head to head record between Matteo Arnaldi and Jordan Thompson since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Matteo in this set was more solid than Safiullin and finally he won 6-2 after breaking the Russian in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game.

A defining moment of this set was when Arnaldi won 5 consecutive games in the 1^st set so as to change the score from 0-1 to 5-1.

The Italian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 40-A), the 3^rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5^th game (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Matteo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 45 points. The Italian was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Roman (28-17). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Roman conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).

Arnaldi won the set after he broke the Russian in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (4-3) game. Safiullin tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. Nonetheless, the Italian managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 6-4.

Arnaldi converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 15-40) and the 7^th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Safiullin converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 3^rd (2-1 30-40) and the 6^th game (2-3 40-A).

They played 70 points. Arnaldi was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Roman (37-33). Arnaldi dropped 16 points on serve (22-16). on the other side of the net, Roman conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).

Arnaldi had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Roman Safiullin in the 1^st game (1-0). That break was crucial for Matteo to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.

Arnaldi was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1^st game (0-0 15-40). On the other side, Arnaldi didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 54 points. Arnaldi was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than the Russian (30-24). The Italian conceded 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the net, Safiullin conceded 9 points on serve (17-9).

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