Aleksandar Kovacevic shocks David Goffin 6-2 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Montpellier on Wednesday. Kovacevic will face off with Mattia Bellucci in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes.
Aleksandar added to his prize money € 4,070 after winning this match. He has already won € 10,460 after this win. If he wins the next match, Kovacevic will add € 7,555 to his earnings to get in total € 18,015 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Aleksandar won this match even if he conquered the same amount of points of the Belgian (79 vs. 79).
Kovacevic
The American served pretty well to win 83% of the points (38/46) behind his first serve. However he won only 43% points (16/37) on his second serve. Aleksandar was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).
Goffin
On the other side, David was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kovacevic and Goffin is 1-1
.Draw and next match H2H: Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Mattia Bellucci – stats
Kovacevic will square off with Bellucci in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Mattia Bellucci since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Kovacevic got off on the right foot in the set after breaking David Goffin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Kovacevic reinforced his lead after breaking David in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Aleksandar failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.
Aleksandar converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, David was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (1-6 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 58 points. Kovacevic was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Goffin (35-23). Aleksandar dropped 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the court, the Belgian conceded 14 points on serve (16-14
).Goffin won the set after he broke Aleksandar in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Goffin failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
David was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Goffin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 49 points. David was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than Aleksandar (32-17). The Belgian lost 5 points on serve (19-5). On the other side, Kovacevic conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the American conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before finally winning the set (6-4).
The American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Goffin wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 50 points. Aleksandar was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than the Belgian (27-23). Aleksandar lost 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the net, the Belgian conceded 6 points on serve (14-6).
Tennis Scores in Montpellier
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- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Quentin HalysHalys (7-67 2-0 ret.)
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 3-6 6-4)
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-2)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-5 6-3)
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Lucas PouillePouille (6-4 6-4)
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Harold MayotMayot (7-62 2-6 6-1)
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (7-5 6-4)
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 7-5)
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (7-61 6-3)
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-4 7-65)
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 6-3)
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