Gonzalo Escobar outlasts Francesco Forti 6-3 3-6 7-64 in the 1st round in L’Aquila Challenger on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Escobar will fight against Aleksandar Vukic in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Escobar won the set after he broke Francesco in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. That was sufficient for Escobar to win the set as he didn’t concede his serve in the rest of the set.
The Italian lost the plot in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).
2nd set.
The Italian won the set after he broke Escobar in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Forti to conquer the set because he didn’t concede his serve during the rest of the set.
3rd set.
Forti overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Escobar in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the Ecuadorian managed to stage a good comeback to break Francesco in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.
Statistics
Escobar won this match even if he scored less points than Forti (99 vs. 101).
Gonzalo served pretty well to win 75% of the points (39/52) behind his first serve. However he won only 45% points (25/55) on his second serve. Gonzalo was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6). On the other side, Forti was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 33% of his break points (3/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Escobar and Forti is 1-0.
Next Match: Gonzalo Escobar vs. Aleksandar Vukic – stats
Escobar will take on Vukic in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Gonzalo Escobar and Aleksandar Vukic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in L’Aquila Challenger
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- Johannes HaerteisJohannes – Riccardo BonadioRiccardo (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Gonzalo EscobarGonzalo – Francesco FortiFrancesco (6-3 3-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichJuan – Martin CuevasMartin (6-73 7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerCarlos – Daniel Gimeno-TraverDaniel (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Scott GriekspoorScott – Carlos Gomez-HerreraCarlos (3-6 7-68 7-66) – See score progression
- Khumoun SultanovKhumoun – Lorenzo MusettiLorenzo (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildThiago – Tomislav BrkicTomislav (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
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