
Carlos Taberner upsets Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-3 1-6 7-5 in the 1st round in Rome on Wednesday. Taberner will fight against Alexei Popyrin in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes.
Taberner added to his prize money € 10,075 after winning this match. He has already won € 30,895 after this win. If he wins the next match, Carlos will add € 22,030 to his earnings to get in total € 52,925 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Carlos won this match even if he won less points than Kovacevic (83 vs. 85).
Taberner
The Spaniard didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).
Kovacevic
On the other side, the American was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (4/8). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Taberner and Kovacevic is 2-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Taberner vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats
Taberner will face Popyrin in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Taberner and Alexei Popyrin fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Taberner had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Aleksandar Kovacevic in the 1st game (1-0). Carlos reinforced his lead after breaking Kovacevic in the 9th (6-3) game before conquering the set.
Taberner failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.
Taberner was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 59 points. The Spaniard conquered the set after winning 11 points more than the American (35-24). Taberner dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). on the other side of the court, Aleksandar conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).
Kovacevic was too good to drop only 1 game before breaking Taberner 3 times and win the set 6-1.
Kovacevic failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 15.
Taberner lost the 7th game (6-1) when he was serving and leading 40-0. Carlos was dominated in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Aleksandar was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Aleksandar didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 42 points. Aleksandar won 18 points more than the Spaniard (30-12). Kovacevic conceded 5 points on serve (17-5). On the losing side, Taberner conceded 13 points on serve (7-13).
Carlos clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 8th (3-5) game, Carlos broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.
Kovacevic had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-5 to 7-5.
The Spaniard converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 9th (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Kovacevic converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 65 points. Taberner was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than the American (35-30). The Spaniard dropped 12 points on serve (22-12). On the losing side, the American conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
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