Pedro Sousa downs Pedja Krstin 7-64 4-6 6-3 in the final in Meerbusch Challenger on Sunday.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Pedro won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, The Portuguese broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 4.
2nd set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Pedja conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
3rd set.
Sousa had a great start in this set after breaking Krstin in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for the Portuguese to win the set because Krstin succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Pedro kept his focus to break Krstin in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Portuguese scored 117 points vs. Krstin’s 114 points.
Sousa won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 36% (4/11). On the other side, the Serbian had a tough time in converting his break points because he converted only 16% of his break points (3/19). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Sousa and Krstin is 2-0.
Tennis Scores in Meerbusch Challenger
- Pedro SousaPedro – Pedja KrstinPedja (7-64 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
