
Corentin Moutet beats Rinky Hijikata 3-6 6-1 7-5 in the 1st round in Rome on Wednesday. Moutet will fight against Ugo Humbert in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. This run will match his best result in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
The French player 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, the French player will add € 22,030 to his earnings to get in total € 52,925 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the French player scored 97 points vs. the Australian’s 91.
Moutet
Moutet won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Hijikata
On the other side, Hijikata had some problems converting his break points (only 25% – 3/12). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Moutet and Hijikata is 1-0 for Corentin.
Draw and next match H2H: Corentin Moutet vs. Ugo Humbert – stats
Moutet will fight against Humbert in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Corentin Moutet and Ugo Humbert face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Moutet (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Rinky won the set after he broke Moutet 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Corentin tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Yet, Hijikata managed to stay calm and finish the job to win the set 6-3.
Hijikata failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
Moutet was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Rinky was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Corentin was spot on in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 5th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 69 points. The Australian won 9 more points than Corentin (39-30). Hijikata conceded 13 points on serve (22-13). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 17 points on serve (17-17).
The French player was too good to drop barely 1 game before breaking Hijikata 3 times and wrap up the set 6-1.
Moutet failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 40.
Rinky was completely knocked out in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Corentin converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Hijikata was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (0-6 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 60 points. Moutet won 16 points more than Rinky (38-22). The French player surrendered 14 points on serve (22-14). on the other side of the net, Rinky conceded 16 points on serve (8-16).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the French player conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
Moutet wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 15-40). On the other side, Hijikata was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 59 points. It’s worth to point out that, Corentin won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Hijikata (29-30). Corentin dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 7 points on serve (21-7).
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Rinky HijikataHijikata (3-6 6-1 7-5)
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-1 7-5)
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-2 1-6 6-3)
- Vilius GaubasGaubas – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-63 2-6 6-4)
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-2 6-3)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (3-6 6-3 7-65)
- Laslo DjereDjere – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-3 6-2)
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-1)
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-0 2-6 6-3)
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (7-64 6-3)
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-3)
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 6-2)
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- Alexandre MullerMuller – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (2-6 6-3 7-65)
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-3 1-6 7-5)
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-4 6-4)
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