Holger Rune aces Roberto Carballes Baena 7-6(4) 6-3 in the 1st round in Acapulco on Tuesday. Rune will seek to keep on going in this event against Brandon Nakashima in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 58 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.

Acapulco
Rune's Record

Rune added to his prize money $ 17,645 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 37,810 after this win. If he wins the next match, Holger will add $ 33,020 to his earnings to get in total $ 70,830 in total.

Highlights Holger Rune vs. Roberto Carballes Baena Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rune
Baena
7-64 6-3
1h:58
72
72
Total points
63
63
32
32
Winners
31
31
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
59%
59%
1st in
73%
73%
78%
78%
1st won
65%
65%
32/41
32/41
1st won
31/48
31/48
43%
43%
2nd won
39%
39%
12/28
12/28
2nd won
7/18
7/18
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
2/4
2/4
50%
50%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Rune scored 72 points vs. Roberto’s 63.

Rune

Holger served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (32/41) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 43% points (12/28) on his second serve. Holger was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).

Carballes Baena

On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Rune and Carballes Baena is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Holger Rune vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats

Rune will fight against Nakashima in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Holger Rune and Brandon Nakashima face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Rune 7-6
RuneBaena
7
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
RuneBaena
7
6
1
0
2
0
3
0
4
0
5
0
5
1
5
2
5
3
6
3
6
4
RuneBaena
6
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
RuneBaena
5
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
RuneBaena
5
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
RuneBaena
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
RuneBaena
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
RuneBaena
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
RuneBaena
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
RuneBaena
2
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
RuneBaena
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
RuneBaena
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
RuneBaena
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
RuneBaena
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40

The Dane won the set after he broke Carballes Baena in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. The Spaniard tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Rune kept the situation under control to conquer the set 7-6.

The Dane converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Carballes Baena converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40), the 10th (4-5 40-A) and the 14th game (5-7 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 86 points. The Dane conquered the set after winning 4 points more than the Spaniard (45-41). Rune conceded 20 points on serve (31-20). on the other side of the court, Carballes Baena conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).

2nd Set -
Rune 6-3
RuneBaena
6
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
RuneBaena
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
RuneBaena
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
RuneBaena
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
RuneBaena
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
RuneBaena
3
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
RuneBaena
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
RuneBaena
2
0
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

Rune was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Roberto Carballes Baena in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was enough for Rune to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

The Spaniard lost the 2nd game (2-0) when he was 40-0 up.

The Dane was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A). On the other side, the Dane didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 49 points. The Dane was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than the Spaniard (27-22). Holger dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Carballes Baena conceded 10 points on serve (16-10

).
1st
Rune
Baena
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Rune
Baena
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0

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