Christopher O Connell aces Lajovic in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Jarry at the Tiriac Open – BUCHAREST RESULTS

TIRIAC OPEN - BUCHAREST DRAW AND RESULTS. O Connell dispatches Lajovic to compete against Nicolas Jarry in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction-and-head-to-head-Christopher-O-Connell-vs-Dusan-Lajovic

Christopher O Connell prevails over Dusan Lajovic 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Bucharest on Tuesday. O Connell will face Nicolas Jarry in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes.

O Connell
Bucharest
O Connell's Record

The Australian added to his prize money € 4,160 after winning this match. He has already won € 10,460 after this win. If he wins the next match, Christopher will add € 7,555 to his earnings to get in total € 18,015 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Connell
Lajovic
Christopher O Connell
6-4 6-3
1h:41
Dusan Lajovic
75
75
Total points
61
61
22
22
Winners
25
25
29%
29%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
0
0
58%
58%
1st in
61%
61%
58%
58%
1st won
58%
58%
22/38
22/38
1st won
25/43
25/43
67%
67%
2nd won
39%
39%
18/27
18/27
2nd won
11/28
11/28
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
Total
2/8
2/8
36%
36%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, Christopher scored 75 points vs. Dusan’s 61.

O Connell

Christopher won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Lajovic

On the other side, the Serbian wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between O Connell and Lajovic is 1-0 for Christopher.

Draw and next match H2H: Christopher O Connell vs. Nicolas Jarry – stats

O Connell will play Jarry in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Christopher O Connell and Nicolas Jarry fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for O Connell (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

Christopher O Connell Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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ConnellLajovic
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O Connell conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Dusan Lajovic in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, O Connell managed to stage a good comeback to break Dusan in the 2nd (1-1) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The Australian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.

The Australian converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Serbian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 71 points. Christopher was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Dusan (41-30). The Australian dropped 10 points on serve (22-10). on the other side of the court, the Serbian conceded 19 points on serve (20-19).

2nd Set -
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O Connell won the set after he broke Dusan in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Lajovic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nevertheless, Christopher didn’t lose the lead to win the set 6-3.

O Connell wasted a good opportunity to break Lajovic in the 6th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

The Australian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 6th (4-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). Also, on the other side, Dusan converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (2-4 15-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).

They contested 65 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Christopher won just 3 points more than Lajovic (34-31). Christopher conceded 15 points on serve (18-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Dusan conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).

1st
Connell
Lajovic
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Connell
Lajovic
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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