Quentin Halys thumps Theo Papamalamis 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Metz on Monday in what was an all-French player clash after playing an impressive match to square off with Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2016 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Halys added to his prize money € 3,950 after winning this match. He has already won € 10,165 after this win. If he wins the next match, Quentin will add € 7,345 to his earnings to get in total € 17,510 in total.
Highlights Quentin Halys vs. Theo Papamalamis Moselle Open – Metz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Quentin scored 63 points vs. theo ‘s 32.
Halys
Halys served very well to win 95% of the points (20/21) behind his first serve, and he won 75% points (12/16) on his second serve. Quentin won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Papamalamis
On the other side, Papamalamis wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Halys and Papamalamis is 1-0 for Quentin.
Draw and next match H2H: Quentin Halys vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert – stats
Halys will square off with Herbert in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Quentin Halys and Pierre-Hugues Herbert square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Herbert (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Herbert won 6-2 5-7 6-3 in the qualifications in Vienna back in 2017.
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 Halys snatched in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Halys converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th
(2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 40-A). On the other side, Halys didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They played 66 points. Quentin won 12 points more than theo (39-27). Quentin was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (20-2). on the other side of the court, Papamalamis conceded 19 points on serve (25-19).
Halys won the set after he broke Papamalamis 3 times in the 3rd
(2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.Theo was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Quentin was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40). On the other side, Quentin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 29 points. Quentin was the winner of the set after clinching 19 points more than theo (24-5). Quentin was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). On the losing side, theo conceded 12 points on serve (2-12).
Tennis Scores in Metz
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (3-6 6-4 6-3)
- Quentin HalysHalys – Theo PapamalamisPapamalamis (6-3 6-1)
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 3-6 7-64)
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (4-6 6-4 7-66)
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (3-6 6-4 6-4)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-4 7-5)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 6-1)
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Sumit NagalNagal (7-5 4-0 ret.)
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