Mattia Bellucci stuns Daniil Medvedev 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Rotterdam on Wednesday. Bellucci will have to play Stefanos Tsitsipas or Tallon Griekspoor in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 54 minutes.
Bellucci added to his prize money € 30,675 after winning this match. He has already won € 65,795 after this win. If he wins the next match, Bellucci will add € 62,990 to his earnings to get in total € 128,785 in total.
Highlights Mattia Bellucci vs. Daniil Medvedev ABN AMRO Open – Rotterdam
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 113 points vs. the Russian’s 111.
Bellucci
The Italian won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8
) of the procured opportunities.Medvedev
On the other side, the Russian was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 8% – 1/12). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Bellucci and Medvedev is 1-0 for Mattia.
Draw and next match H2H: Mattia Bellucci vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas or Tallon Griekspoor – stats
Bellucci will square off with either Stefanos Tsitsipas or Tallon Griekspoor in the 3rd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas and 0-0 vs. Tallon Griekspoor.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Bellucci conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Russian was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Bellucci converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Medvedev wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They played 57 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Italian won barely 1 point more than the Russian (29-28). The Italian dropped 10 points on serve (21-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Medvedev conceded 8 points on serve (18-8
).Medvedev won the set after he broke Mattia in the 4th (3-1) game. Mattia tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, Medvedev maintained the focus to conquer the set 7-6.
Daniil was spot on in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 5th (4-1 30-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A and 40-A), the 10th (5-4 40-A) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Italian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 116 points. This set was so close that, Medvedev won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Medvedev conceded 15 points on serve (25-15). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 33 points on serve (43-33).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Italian clinched in the 8th game (5-3) just before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
The Italian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Daniil was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 51 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Italian won just 3 points more than Daniil (27-24). Mattia dropped 10 points on serve (21-10). In addition, on the other side, Daniil conceded 6 points on serve (14-6).
Tennis Scores in Rotterdam
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-3 6-76 6-3)
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (7-5 2-0 ret.)
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