Learner Tien victorious over Mariano Navone 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Hangzhou on Wednesday. Tien will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Giulio Zeppieri or Fajing Sun in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes.
Tien added to his prize money $ 6,955 after winning this match. He has already won $ 17,885 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 12,920 to his earnings to get in total $ 30,805 in total.
Highlights Learner Tien vs. Mariano Navone Hangzhou Open – Hangzhou
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tien scored 98 points vs. Navone’s 88.
Tien
Learner was pretty effective at converting 71% of the break points that he procured (5/7).
Navone
On the other side, the Argentine had some problems converting his break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Tien and Navone is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Learner Tien vs. Giulio Zeppieri or Fajing Sun – stats
Tien will fight against either Giulio Zeppieri or Fajing Sun in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Giulio Zeppieri and 0-0 vs. Fajing Sun.
Live score progression and stats
Tien conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Mariano Navone in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, Mariano managed to stage a good comeback to break Learner 3 times in the 7th (3-4), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th
(6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).Navone failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.
A crucial moment of this set was when the Argentine won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the scoreline from 1-4 to 5-4.
Navone was unerring in converting all his break points in the 7th (2-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the American was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (3-1 0-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They played 77 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Argentine won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Learner (38-39). The Argentine lost 15 points on serve (20-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Learner conceded 18 points on serve (24-18
).Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tien conquered in the 4th game (3-1) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Tien was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Learner won just 1 point more than the Argentine (26-25). Learner conceded 6 points on serve (16-6). On the other side, Mariano conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
Learner conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Learner broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game to win the set 6-4.
Certainly, a key moment was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to convert the scoreline from 1-3 to 5-3.
Tien converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Mariano converted 12% of his break points (1/8). He had his opportunities in the 0th (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They played 58 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Mariano (33-25). Learner lost 14 points on serve (24-14). In addition, on the other side, Mariano conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).
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