Alejandro Davidovich Fokina crushes Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Acapulco on Thursday after playing a solid match to clash against Denis Shapovalov in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 8 minutes.
The Spaniard added to his prize money $ 67,815 after winning this match. He has already won $ 138,645 till now in this event. If he wins the next match, Davidovich Fokina will add $ 121,505 to his earnings to get in total $ 260,150.
Highlights Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 56 points vs. Pacheco Mendez’s 38.
Davidovich Fokina
The Spaniard served extremely well to win 78% of the points (25/32) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 40% points (6/15) on his second serve. The Spaniard was pretty good at converting 56% of the break points that he procured (5/9).
Pacheco Mendez
On the other side, the Mexican was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Davidovich Fokina and Pacheco Mendez is 1-0 for Alejandro.
Draw and next match H2H: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats
Davidovich Fokina will take on Shapovalov in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Denis Shapovalov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Davidovich Fokina started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez in the 1st game (1-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for Alejandro to win the set since Pacheco Mendez managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. Davidovich Fokina maintained his cool to break Rodrigo in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
The Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-0 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Rodrigo converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A) and the 6th game (1-4 0-40).
They contested 56 points. Alejandro was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Mexican (30-26). Davidovich Fokina conceded 11 points on serve (15-11). on the other side of the net, the Mexican conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Davidovich Fokina in this set was much more effective than Pacheco Mendez and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Pacheco Mendez in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Rodrigo was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Alejandro converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Davidovich Fokina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 38 points. The Spaniard won 14 points more than the Mexican (26-12). Alejandro conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, the Mexican conceded 10 points on serve (7-10).
Tennis Scores in Acapulco
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – David GoffinGoffin (7-64 6-2)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Learner TienTien (6-3 7-5)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Marcos GironGiron (4-6 6-3 6-2)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-2 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tomas MachacMachac – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H details and stats