Marcos Giron exterminates Zizou Bergs 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Antwerp on Friday after playing an impressive match to square off with Jiri Lehecka in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2020. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Giron added to his prize money € 15,140 after winning this match. He has already won € 36,000 so far in the tournament. If he wins the next match, the American will add € 25,235 to his earnings to get in total € 61,235.
Highlights Marcos Giron vs. Zizou Bergs European Open – Antwerp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJfDpuDBac4&t=536Ha fatto il coglione e adesso la Venier
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:14
At the end of the match, Giron scored 66 points vs. Zizou’s 42.
Giron
The American served exceptionally well to win 94% of the points (30/32) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 38% points (5/13) on his second serve. The American won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Bergs
On the other side, Zizou wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Giron and Bergs is 1-0 for Marcos.
Draw and next match H2H: Marcos Giron vs. Jiri Lehecka – stats
Giron will play Lehecka in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Marcos Giron and Jiri Lehecka fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Lehecka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
The American in this set was much more effective than Zizou and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Zizou in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A crucial moment of this set was when the American won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
The American converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 40-A). On the other side, the Belgian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 69 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Bergs (39-30). Giron lost 7 points on serve (19-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Bergs conceded 20 points on serve (23-20).
The American in this set was in much better shape than the Belgian and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking the Belgian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Belgian was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Giron converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Marcos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 37 points. The American won 15 points more than Bergs (26-11). Marcos was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the court, the Belgian conceded 10 points on serve (8-10).
Tennis Scores in Antwerp
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (3-6 6-2 7-66)
- Hugo GastonGaston – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 3-6 7-5)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-4)
- Marcos GironGiron – Zizou BergsBergs (6-2 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Marcos GironGiron – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Hugo GastonGaston – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H details and stats
