Roberto Carballes Baena wins against Mitchell Krueger 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Hangzhou on Saturday. Carballes Baena will have to play Zhizhen Zhang or Mattia Bellucci in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes.
The Spaniard added to his prize money $ 12,685 after winning this match. He has already won $ 30,245 after this win. If he wins the next match, Roberto will add $ 21,950 to his earnings to get in total $ 52,195 in total.
Highlights Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Mitchell Krueger Hangzhou Open – Hangzhou
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Roberto scored 102 points vs. Mitchell’s 89.
Carballes Baena
Roberto served pretty well to win 76% of the points (45/59) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (16/26) on his second serve. Roberto won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Krueger
On the other side, Mitchell wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Carballes Baena and Krueger is 2-0 for Roberto.
Draw and next match H2H: Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Zhizhen Zhang or Mattia Bellucci – stats
Carballes Baena will face either Zhizhen Zhang or Mattia Bellucci in the 3rd round. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Zhizhen Zhang and 0-1 vs. Mattia Bellucci.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Krueger snatched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Mitchell was unerring in converting all his break points in the 6th game (3-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Roberto wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A).
They played 73 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Mitchell won just 1 point more than the Spaniard (37-36). The American surrendered 14 points on serve (25-14). on the other side of the court, Roberto conceded 12 points on serve (22-12).
Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Roberto snatched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
Carballes Baena was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Roberto didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 58 points. Carballes Baena was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than the American (32-26). Carballes Baena was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). On the other side, Mitchell conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).
Similarly to the 2nd set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Carballes Baena grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
Roberto converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Mitchell wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They contested 60 points. The Spaniard won 8 points more than Krueger (34-26). The Spaniard lost 10 points on serve (23-10). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
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- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (w/o)
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- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-67 4-6 6-3)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-77 7-64 6-1)
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