Dominic Stricker stuns Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 5-7 6-4 in the 1st round in Stockholm on Monday. Stricker will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Matteo Berrettini in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes.
Stricker added to his prize money € 4,710 after winning this match. He has already won € 12,110 after this win. If he wins the next match, Dominic Stephan will add € 8,750 to his earnings to get in total € 20,860 in total.
Highlights Dominic Stricker vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic BNP Paribas Nordic Open – Stockholm
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Stricker scored 106 points vs. Aleksandar’s 99.
Stricker
The Swiss served pretty well to win 89% of the points (41/46) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (21/39) on his second serve. The Swiss blasted 16 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Stricker won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 18% (2/11) of the procured opportunities.
Kovacevic
On the other side, the American was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Stricker and Kovacevic is 2-0 for Dominic Stephan.
Draw and next match H2H: Dominic Stricker vs. Matteo Berrettini – stats
Stricker will face Berrettini in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Dominic Stricker and Matteo Berrettini since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Stricker conquered in the 9th game (5-4) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The American was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Dominic Stephan was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, Stricker didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 56 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Dominic Stephan won just 2 points more than Aleksandar (29-27). Stricker lost 6 points on serve (20-6). On the losing side, Aleksandar conceded 9 points on serve (21-9).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the American grabbed in the 12th
game (7-5) before finally winning the set (7-5).The American failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
Kovacevic was flawless in converting all his break points in the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Stricker was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th
game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A).They contested 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 3 more points than Stricker (38-35). Kovacevic conceded 13 points on serve (29-13). On the losing side, Dominic Stephan conceded 9 points on serve (22-9).
Similarly to the 2nd set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Swiss clinched in the 5th game (3-2) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Stricker converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Swiss didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 76 points. The Swiss was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Kovacevic (42-34). Dominic Stephan surrendered 8 points on serve (20-8). In addition, on the other side, Aleksandar conceded 22 points on serve (26-22).
Tennis Scores in Stockholm
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-3)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Pavel KotovKotov (6-4 6-3)
- Dominic StrickerStricker – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 5-7 6-4)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (7-61 7-5)
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