Damir Dzumhur beats Hugo Gaston 4-6 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Bastad on Thursday. Dzumhur will try to keep the momentum against Francisco Cerundolo in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Dzumhur added to his prize money € 7,555 after conquering this match. He has already won € 18,015 after this win. If he wins the next match, Damir will add € 13,075 to his earnings to get in total € 31,090 in total.
Highlights Damir Dzumhur vs. Hugo Gaston Nordea Open – Bastad
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Bosnian scored 88 points vs. Gaston’s 69.
Dzumhur
The Bosnian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Gaston
On the other side, Gaston had some problems converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Dzumhur and Gaston is 1-0 for Damir.
Draw and next match H2H: Damir Dzumhur vs. Francisco Cerundolo – stats
Dzumhur will take on Cerundolo in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Damir Dzumhur and Francisco Cerundolo since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
The Bosnian was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, he conceded only 4 games in the last 2 sets after winning 49 points vs. Cerundolo’s 31 points.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the French player clinched in the 10th game (6-4) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
Gaston was flawless in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Bosnian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 30-40).
They contested 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the French player won just 3 points more than Dzumhur (40-37). Hugo lost 13 points on serve (25-13). On the other side, Dzumhur conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).
Dzumhur overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Hugo Gaston in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. That was enough for the Bosnian to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks anymore.
The Bosnian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (4-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 0-40). On the other side, Dzumhur didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. Dzumhur won 17 more points than Hugo (30-13). The Bosnian was just too strong on serve to concede barely 1 point during his serving games (16-1). In addition, on the other side, Hugo conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
The Bosnian in this set was more solid than Hugo and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Hugo in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Hugo was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Damir converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the French player was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 37 points. Damir conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the French player (21-16). The Bosnian dropped 8 points on serve (13-8). In addition, on the other side, Gaston conceded 8 points on serve (8-8).
Tennis Scores in Bastad
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Nuno BorgesBorges (3-6 7-61 6-3)
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-3 6-3)
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Hugo GastonGaston (4-6 6-2 6-2)
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-63 5-7 6-3)
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (3-6 6-2 7-5)
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Vit KoprivaKopriva (7-63 7-5)
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Elias YmerYmer (6-2 6-2)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (4-6 7-66 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian BaezBaez – (4-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-0) – H2H details and stats