
Timofey Skatov aces Radu Albot 6-1 7-6(3) in the qualifications in Bucharest on Monday. Skatov will seek to keep on going in this event against Stan Wawrinka in the 1st round. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Timofey scored 76 points vs. Albot’s 56.
Skatov
Skatov won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Albot
On the other side, Radu had a tough time converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Skatov and Albot is 2-0 for Timofey.
Draw and next match H2H: Timofey Skatov vs. Stan Wawrinka – stats
Skatov will take on Wawrinka in the 1st round.
There is no head to head record between Timofey Skatov and Stan Wawrinka since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Skatov took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Radu Albot in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Kazakhstani managed to boost his lead after breaking Albot in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Albot was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-1 to 6-1.
Skatov converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 5th game (4-1 0-40). On the other side, the Moldovan was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 60 points. Timofey conquered the set after winning 12 points more than the Moldovan (36-24). The Kazakhstani surrendered 8 points on serve (19-8). on the other side of the court, the Moldovan conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
The Kazakhstani won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 6th (2-4) and in the 12th (6-6) game, Timofey broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-3.
Timofey failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.
Certainly, a key moment was when Skatov won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the score from 2-5 to 6-5.
Tiebreak
Timofey won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the Moldovan won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2) and 6th (3-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
The Kazakhstani converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th (3-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). Also, on the other side, Albot converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 8th (5-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).
They contested 72 points. Timofey was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Albot (40-32). The Kazakhstani surrendered 17 points on serve (24-17). on the other side of the net, the Moldovan conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).
Tennis Scores in Bucharest
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- Martin KlizanKlizan – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-75 6-4 6-3)
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-1 7-63)
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-2 6-2)
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