Corentin Denolly upsets Holt in the 1st round to battle vs Kovacevic at the US Men’s Clay Court Championship – HOUSTON RESULTS

US MEN'S CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIP - HOUSTON DRAW AND RESULTS. Denolly surprises Holt to compete against Aleksandar Kovacevic in the 2nd round

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Corentin Denolly shocks Brandon Holt 7-6(7) 7-6(8) in the 1st round in Houston on Monday. Denolly will face off with Aleksandar Kovacevic in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes.

Denolly
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Denolly's Record

Corentin added to his prize money $ 4,640 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 11,935 after this win. If he wins the next match, Denolly will add $ 8,620 to his earnings to get in total $ 20,555 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Denolly
Holt
Corentin Denolly
7-67 7-68
2h:19
Brandon Holt
98
98
Total points
100
100
56
56
Winners
43
43
57%
57%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
5
5
6
6
Double Faults
0
0
68%
68%
1st in
69%
69%
76%
76%
1st won
70%
70%
56/74
56/74
1st won
43/61
43/61
37%
37%
2nd won
61%
61%
13/35
13/35
2nd won
17/28
17/28
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
Total
2/7
2/7
50%
50%
Won
29%
29%
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Corentin won this match even if he won less points than the American (98 vs. 100).

Denolly

Corentin served pretty well to win 76% of the points (56/74) behind his first serve. However he won only 37% points (13/35) on his second serve. The French player was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4).

Holt

On the other side, Brandon was struggling when converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Denolly and Holt is 1-0 for Corentin.

Draw and next match H2H: Corentin Denolly vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic – stats

Denolly will square off with Kovacevic in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Corentin Denolly and Aleksandar Kovacevic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Denolly (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

Corentin Denolly Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Denolly 7-6
DenollyHolt
7
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
DenollyHolt
7
6
0
1
0
2
0
3
1
3
2
3
2
4
2
5
3
5
4
5
4
6
5
6
6
6
7
6
7
7
8
7
DenollyHolt
6
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
DenollyHolt
6
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
DenollyHolt
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
DenollyHolt
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
DenollyHolt
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
DenollyHolt
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
DenollyHolt
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
DenollyHolt
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
DenollyHolt
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
DenollyHolt
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
DenollyHolt
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
DenollyHolt
1
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

Corentin won the set after he broke Brandon in the 8th (5-3) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, the French player refused to give way to conquer the set 7-6.

The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.

The American lost the 8th game (5-3) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.

The French player converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (4-3 40-A), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Holt converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 9th (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 116 points. It’s worth to point out that, Denolly won this set even if he scored less points 8 than Brandon (54-62). Denolly dropped 24 points on serve (32-24). On the other side, Holt conceded 22 points on serve (38-22).

2nd Set -
Denolly 7-6
DenollyHolt
7
6
H
0
1
D
1
1
D
2
1
H
2
2
H
2
3
D
3
3
D
3
4
H
4
4
H
4
5
D
5
5
D
6
5
H
6
6
H
6
7
D
7
7
D
7
8
H
8
8
H
9
8
D
10
8
DenollyHolt
6
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
DenollyHolt
5
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
DenollyHolt
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
DenollyHolt
4
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
DenollyHolt
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
DenollyHolt
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
DenollyHolt
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
DenollyHolt
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
DenollyHolt
3
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
DenollyHolt
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
DenollyHolt
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30

The French player won the set after he broke the American in the 3rd (2-1) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Anyhow, the French player didn’t make any concession anymore to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 8.

Tiebreak

Corentin won 4 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4), 16th (8-8), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, the American won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (4-3) and 15th (8-7) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8

Denolly was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40). The French player saved 3 set points when he was 4-5, 6-7 and 7-8 down. Moreover, on the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 15-40).

They contested 82 points. Corentin conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Brandon (43-39). Denolly surrendered 15 points on serve (29-15). On the other side, Holt conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).

1st
Denolly
Holt
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Denolly
Holt
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

Tennis Scores in Houston

  • Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-4)
  • Cristian GarinGarin – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-3 6-4)
  • Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-3 6-4)
  • Corentin DenollyDenolly – Brandon HoltHolt (7-67 7-68)
  • Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Learner TienTien (6-4 6-2)

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