Carlos Taberner survives Daniel Gimeno-Traver 7-65 7-5 in the 1st round in L’Aquila Challenger on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Taberner will play Alejandro Tabilo in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Taberner was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Gimeno-Traver in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Spaniard to win the set as the Spaniard found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Carlos maintained his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 5.
The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.
2nd set.
The Spaniard clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, The Spaniard broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.
Gimeno-Traver lost the 10th game (5-5) when he was serving and leading 40-0.
Daniel was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 84 points vs. the Spaniard’s 75 points.
Carlos didn’t lose the focus when converting 71% of the break points that he procured (5/7). On the other side, Gimeno-Traver was struggling in converting his break points as he converted only 44% of his break points (4/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Taberner and Gimeno-Traver is 2-0.
Next Match: Carlos Taberner vs. Alejandro Tabilo – stats
Taberner will square off with Tabilo in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Carlos Taberner and Alejandro Tabilo since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in L’Aquila Challenger
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- Juan Pablo FicovichJuan – Martin CuevasMartin (6-73 7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Gianluigi QuinziGianluigi – Alejandro GonzalezAlejandro (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
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- Gonzalo EscobarGonzalo – Francesco FortiFrancesco (6-3 3-6 7-6(4)) – See score progression
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