David Goffin upsets Ugo Humbert 3-6 6-1 7-6(7) in the 2nd round in Basel on Wednesday. Goffin will try to keep the momentum against Holger Rune or Dominic Stricker in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the final in 2014. Here you can see his history at this event.
Goffin added to his prize money € 30,465 after winning this match. He has already won € 65,345 after this win. If he wins the next match, David will add € 62,555 to his earnings to get in total € 127,900 in total.
Highlights David Goffin vs. Ugo Humbert Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Goffin won this contest even if he conquered the same amount of points of Ugo (99 vs. 99).
Goffin
The Belgian won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 25% (2/8) of the procured opportunities.
Humbert
On the other side, Humbert was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Goffin and Humbert is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: David Goffin vs. Holger Rune or Dominic Stricker – stats
Goffin will come up against either Holger Rune or Dominic Stricker in the 3rd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Holger Rune and 2-0 vs. Dominic Stricker.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Ugo clinched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
Humbert was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. The French player was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the Belgian (29-22). Humbert lost 5 points on serve (20-5). In addition, on the other side, Goffin conceded 9 points on serve (17-9).
Goffin conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Ugo Humbert in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Goffin managed to boost his lead after breaking Ugo in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Humbert was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-1
to 6-1.Goffin converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Humbert was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 50 points. Goffin won 6 points more than the French player (28-22). The Belgian conceded 7 points on serve (15-7
). In addition, on the other side, Ugo conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, the Belgian won a thrilling breaker 9-7 after a huge fight with 16 points played.
David missed the opportunity to break Ugo in the 9th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
David won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 12th (6-6) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, the French player won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (3-3) and 10th (6-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Goffin was unable to convert any of the 5 conquered break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). The Belgian saved 4 set points when he was 4-5, 4-6, 5-6 and 6-7 down. On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They contested 97 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally the Belgian won only 1 point more than Humbert (49-48). David dropped 17 points on serve (33-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Humbert conceded 16 points on serve (31-16).
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