Carlos Alcaraz conquers Marin Cilic 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Doha on Monday. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes.
Carlos added to his prize money $ 18,840 after winning this match. He has already won $ 40,365 after this win. If he wins the next match, Carlos will add $ 35,250 to his earnings to get in total $ 75,615 in total.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Marin Cilic Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:39
At the end of the match, Carlos scored 73 points vs. the Croatian’s 61.
Alcaraz
Alcaraz won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Cilic
On the other side, the Croatian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz and Cilic is 4-1 for Carlos.
Live score progression and stats
Alcaraz had a great start in this set after breaking Marin Cilic in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for Carlos to win the set since the Croatian found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Carlos kept his cool to break the Croatian in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
Alcaraz converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Marin converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They played 82 points. Alcaraz was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Cilic (43-39). Alcaraz lost 10 points on serve (19-10). On the losing side, the Croatian conceded 24 points on serve (29-24).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Alcaraz snatched in the 9th game (5-4) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Carlos converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Croatian was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 52 points. Carlos won 8 points more than Marin (30-22). The Spaniard lost 8 points on serve (22-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Cilic conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).
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- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 6-4)
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- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-4 6-4)
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Aziz DougazDougaz (7-5 6-3)
- Jack DraperDraper – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-2 7-6(4))
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