Aleksandar Kovacevic stuns Andrey Rublev 7-5 6-4 in the semifinal in Montpellier on Saturday. Kovacevic is going to play against Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes.
Aleksandar added to his prize money € 21,800 after winning this match. He has already won € 52,890 after this win. If he wins the next match, Kovacevic will add € 37,790 to his earnings to get in total € 90,680 in total.
Highlights Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Andrey Rublev Open Occitanie – Montpellier
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 69 points vs. Rublev’s 63.
Kovacevic
Kovacevic served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (33/41) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (18/36) on his second serve. Kovacevic was well focused in converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
Rublev
On the other side, Andrey wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Kovacevic and Rublev is 1-0 for Aleksandar.
Draw and next match H2H: Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime – stats
Kovacevic will compete against Auger-Aliassime in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Aleksandar Kovacevic and Felix Auger-Aliassime play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Auger-Aliassime (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Kovacevic conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Andrey Rublev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, there was more work to do for Aleksandar to win the set because Andrey found the way to break back in the 7th
(3-4) game. The American kept his cool to break Rublev in the 12th (7-5) game.Kovacevic failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.
Kovacevic converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Rublev converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st
(0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (2-4 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).They contested 72 points. Kovacevic conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Rublev (39-33). Kovacevic dropped 15 points on serve (30-15). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
Kovacevic converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Andrey wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They contested 60 points. This set was so close that, Aleksandar won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. The American conceded 11 points on serve (21-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Rublev conceded 9 points on serve (19-9).
Tennis Scores in Montpellier
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Andrey RublevRublev (7-5 6-4)
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-4 7-64)
Upcoming matches
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H details and stats