
Luca Van Assche shocks Benjamin Bonzi 3-6 6-3 7-6(7) in the 1st round in Marseille on Tuesday in what was an all-French player match. Van Assche will face off with Lorenzo Sonego in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Van Assche added to his prize money € 5,055 after winning this match. He has already won € 13,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Luca will add € 9,385 to his earnings to get in total € 22,385 in total.
Highlights Luca Van Assche vs. Benjamin Bonzi Open 13 Provence – Marseille
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Luca scored 94 points vs. Bonzi’s 92.
Van Assche
Van Assche served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (51/65) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 40% points (14/35) on his second serve. Van Assche blasted 10 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Luca was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).
Bonzi
On the other side, Bonzi was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Van Assche and Bonzi is 2-3 for Benjamin.
Draw and next match H2H: Luca Van Assche vs. Lorenzo Sonego – stats
Van Assche will come up against Sonego in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Lorenzo Sonego since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Benjamin won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Benjamin broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.
Luca had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Benjamin was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Van Assche was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th game (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 66 points. Benjamin was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Luca (38-28). Bonzi lost 5 points on serve (18-5). In addition, on the other side, Van Assche conceded 20 points on serve (23-20).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Van Assche conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Luca was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 0-40). On the other side, Luca didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 46 points. Van Assche conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Benjamin (25-21). Van Assche surrendered 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the court, Benjamin conceded 8 points on serve (16-8).
Van Assche won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Luca broke back in the 7th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 9-7.
Tiebreak
Luca won 4 minibreaks in the 9th (4-5), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Bonzi won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 10th (6-4) and 14th (7-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Luca converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40). Luca saved 4 set points when he was 3-5, 4-5, 4-6 and 5-6 down. On the other side, Bonzi was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 0-40).
They contested 74 points. Luca conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Benjamin (41-33). Luca dropped 10 points on serve (26-10). on the other side of the net, Benjamin conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).
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