Zizou Bergs surprises Sebastian Baez 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Antwerp on Thursday. Bergs will have to play Marcos Giron in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The Belgian added to his prize money € 8,750 after conquering this match. He has already won € 20,860 after this win. If he wins the next match, Bergs will add € 15,140 to his earnings to get in total € 36,000 in total.
Highlights Zizou Bergs vs. Sebastian Baez European Open – Antwerp
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 73 points vs. Baez’s 62.
Bergs
The Belgian was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (5/10).
Baez
On the other side, the Argentine was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Bergs and Baez is 1-0 for Zizou.
Draw and next match H2H: Zizou Bergs vs. Marcos Giron – stats
Bergs will face Giron in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Zizou Bergs and Marcos Giron since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Bergs won the set after he broke Baez 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Sebastian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Notwithstanding, Zizou refused to give way to win the set 6-3.
Bergs failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
There was an important spell in this set when Bergs won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.
They contested 61 points. Bergs was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Baez (35-26). Bergs conceded 8 points on serve (18-8). On the other side, Baez conceded 17 points on serve (18-17).
Bergs was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Sebastian Baez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, there was more work to do for Zizou to win the set as Sebastian succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (3-4) game. Zizou maintained his cool to break the Argentine in the 10th (6-4) game.
They played 76 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Belgian won just 2 points more than the Argentine (39-37). The Belgian conceded 16 points on serve (19-16). On the other side, the Argentine conceded 20 points on serve (21-20).
Tennis Scores in Antwerp
- Zizou BergsBergs – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4)
- Marcos GironGiron – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-66 7-64)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 6-3)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (7-65 4-6 7-5)
- Hugo GastonGaston – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 6-73 7-64)
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-74 6-4 6-2)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (2-6 6-4 6-2)
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-62 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Marcos GironGiron – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Hugo GastonGaston (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-2) – H2H details and stats
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-2) – H2H details and stats