Gabriel Diallo topples Zizou Bergs 7-5 7-6(8) in the final in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 58 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Diallo added € 44,770 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 107,490 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Gabriel Diallo vs. Zizou Bergs Libema Open – ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Gabriel scored 84 points vs. Bergs’s 74.
Diallo
Gabriel served pretty well to win 76% of the points (37/49) behind his first serve, and he won 75% points (21/28) on his second serve. The Canadian was remarkable in converting the only break point that he conquered.
Bergs
On the other side, the Belgian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Diallo and Bergs is 3-0 for Gabriel.
This was the maiden title for the Canadian.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Canadian clinched in the 12th game (7-5) just before eventually winning the set (7-5).
Gabriel failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
The Canadian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, the Belgian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 11th
game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).They contested 78 points. The Canadian was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Zizou (44-34). Gabriel surrendered 9 points on serve (29-9). on the other side of the net, Bergs conceded 15 points on serve (25-15
).Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Diallo won a thrilling breaker 10-8 after a huge fight with 18 points played.
Tiebreak
Diallo won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 11th (5-6) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Bergs won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 9th (5-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Gabriel saved 4 set points when he was 4-5, 4-6, 5-6 and 7-8 down. Also, on the other side, Diallo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 80 points. This set was so close that, The Canadian won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Gabriel lost 10 points on serve (30-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Belgian conceded 10 points on serve (30-10).