Aljaz Bedene rolls over Blaz Rola 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Portoroz Challenger on Saturday after playing a solid match to come up against Viktor Durasovic in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The Slovenian won the set after he broke the Slovenian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Rola tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. However, Bedene kept the focus before winning the set 6-3.
The Slovenian was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).
2nd set.
Aljaz in this set was too good for Blaz and for that reason he won 6-2 after breaking Blaz 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game. the Slovenian was broken in the in the 5th (3-2) game, but that didn’t prevent his to win the set (6-2).
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Slovenian scored 63 points vs. Rola’s 47 points.
The Slovenian was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (6/10). On the other side, Rola was struggling in converting his break points as he converted only 33% of his break points (2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Bedene and Rola is 2-0.
Next Match: Aljaz Bedene vs. Viktor Durasovic – stats
Bedene will fight against Durasovic in the final.
There is no head to head record between Aljaz Bedene and Viktor Durasovic since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Portoroz Challenger
- Viktor DurasovicViktor – Constant LestienneConstant (3-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Aljaz BedeneAljaz – Blaz RolaBlaz (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Aljaz BedeneAljaz – Viktor DurasovicViktor (0-0) – See H2H details
