Thiago Moura Monteiro survives Facundo Diaz Acosta 3-6 6-3 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Rio De Janeiro on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Moura Monteiro will face off with Chun Hsin Tseng in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 39 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2017 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Brazilian added to his prize money $ 16,350 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 35,040 after this win. If he wins the next match, Moura Monteiro will add $ 30,605 to his earnings to get in total $ 65,645 in total.
Highlights Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Thiago won this encounter even if he won less points than the Argentine (90 vs. 92).
Moura Monteiro
Thiago served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (44/57) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (20/36) on his second serve. The Brazilian won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 20% (1/5) of the procured opportunities.
Diaz Acosta
On the other side, Diaz Acosta was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Moura Monteiro and Diaz Acosta is 3-1 for Thiago.
Draw and next match H2H: Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Chun Hsin Tseng – stats
Moura Monteiro will come up against Hsin Tseng in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Thiago Moura Monteiro and Chun Hsin Tseng fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Moura Monteiro (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Moura Monteiro overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Facundo Diaz Acosta in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for the Argentine to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Diaz Acosta was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40). On the other side, Moura Monteiro wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).
They played 56 points. The Argentine was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Thiago (32-24). Facundo surrendered 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the net, the Brazilian conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
Moura Monteiro was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Facundo Diaz Acosta in the 2nd
game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was sufficient for the Brazilian to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.The Brazilian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). On the other side, the Argentine wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).
They contested 60 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Brazilian won just 2 points more than Diaz Acosta (31-29). Thiago lost 9 points on serve (18-9
). In addition, on the other side, Diaz Acosta conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Moura Monteiro won the tiebreak at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Thiago won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Facundo won a minibreak in the 7th (2-5) point.
The Brazilian won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. In addition on the other side, Thiago didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 66 points. Moura Monteiro was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Diaz Acosta (35-31). The Brazilian conceded 9 points on serve (27-9). on the other side of the net, the Argentine conceded 8 points on serve (22-8).
Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (6-4 6-2)
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (3-6 6-3 7-63)
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-2 7-5)
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (4-6 6-3 6-4)
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Gustavo HeideHeide (7-62 6-77 6-3)
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 3-6 6-0)
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