Tomas Machac aces Timofey Skatov 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Almaty on Wednesday. Machac will try to keep the momentum against Beibit Zhukayev in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes.

Almaty
Machac's Record

Tomas added to his prize money $ 7,075 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 18,195 after this win. If he wins the next match, Machac will add $ 13,140 to his earnings to get in total $ 31,335 in total.

Highlights Tomas Machac vs. Timofey Skatov Almaty Open – Almaty

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Machac
Skatov
6-3 6-4
1h:19
59
59
Total points
46
46
26
26
Winners
16
16
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
54%
54%
1st in
49%
49%
90%
90%
1st won
64%
64%
26/29
26/29
1st won
16/25
16/25
48%
48%
2nd won
54%
54%
12/25
12/25
2nd won
14/26
14/26
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
Total
1/3
1/3
75%
75%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Machac scored 59 points vs. Timofey’s 46.

Machac

Tomas served extremely well to win 90% of the points (26/29) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 48% points (12/25) on his second serve. Tomas was effective at converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (3/4).

Skatov

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

After this contest, the head to head between Machac and Skatov is 1-0 for Tomas.

Draw and next match H2H: Tomas Machac vs. Beibit Zhukayev – stats

Machac will square off with Zhukayev in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Tomas Machac and Beibit Zhukayev since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Machac HTML
MachacSkatov
HTML
M
0
0
S
0
0

Machac had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Timofey Skatov in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Machac found the way to come back to break Timofey in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).

Certainly, a key moment was when Tomas won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 5-2.

Tomas converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Skatov was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st

game (0-0 0-40).

They contested 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Machac won just 3 more points than the Kazakhstani (30-27). Machac surrendered 11 points on serve (17-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Skatov conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).

2nd Set -
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0
0
0
0

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Tomas grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).

The Czech was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40). On the other side, Skatov was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 48 points. Machac won 10 points more than Skatov (29-19). The Czech dropped 5 points on serve (21-5). On the losing side, Skatov conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).

1st
Machac
Skatov
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Machac
Skatov
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1

Tennis Scores in Almaty

  • Aleksandar VukicVukic – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 7-5)
  • Tomas MachacMachac – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-3 6-4)
  • Gabriel DialloDiallo – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-65 6-2)
  • Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (5-7 7-64 6-3)
  • Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 7-62)
  • Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 7-64)
  • Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 6-1)
  • Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-65 7-64)
  • Daniel EvansEvans – Taro DanielDaniel (6-2 7-64)
  • Maximilian MartererMarterer – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-5 6-4)
  • Borna CoricCoric – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 7-64)
  • Justin EngelEngel – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-5 6-4)

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