Valentin Royer ousts Eliot Spizzirri 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the qualifications in Hangzhou on Wednesday. Royer will clash against Aleksandar Kovacevic in the 1st round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 43 minutes.

Hangzhou
Royer's Record

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Royer
Spizzirri
7-5 4-6 6-3
2h:43
97
97
Total points
89
89
43
43
Winners
46
46
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
10
10
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
68%
68%
1st in
64%
64%
77%
77%
1st won
69%
69%
43/56
43/56
1st won
46/67
46/67
50%
50%
2nd won
46%
46%
13/26
13/26
2nd won
17/37
17/37
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
3/4
3/4
44%
44%
Won
75%
75%
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At the end of the match, Royer scored 97 points vs. the American’s 89.

Royer

The French player served very well to win 77% of the points (43/56) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (13/26) on his second serve. Valentin fired 11 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Valentin won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Spizzirri

On the other side, Eliot didn’t lose the focus when converting 75% of the break points that he conquered points (3/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Royer and Spizzirri is 1-0 for Valentin.

Draw and next match H2H: Valentin Royer vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic – stats

Royer will compete against Kovacevic in the 1st round.

There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Aleksandar Kovacevic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Royer 7-5
RoyerSpizzirri
7
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
RoyerSpizzirri
7
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
RoyerSpizzirri
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
RoyerSpizzirri
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
RoyerSpizzirri
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
RoyerSpizzirri
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
RoyerSpizzirri
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
RoyerSpizzirri
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
RoyerSpizzirri
2
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
RoyerSpizzirri
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
RoyerSpizzirri
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
RoyerSpizzirri
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
RoyerSpizzirri
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15

Valentin won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Royer broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.

Royer failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.

Royer converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). On the other side, the American was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 13th game (4-7 0-40).

They contested 69 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Royer won barely 1 point more than Eliot (35-34). Royer surrendered 11 points on serve (21-11). on the other side of the court, Eliot conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).

2nd Set -
Spizzirri 6-4
SpizzirriRoyer
6
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
SpizzirriRoyer
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
SpizzirriRoyer
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
SpizzirriRoyer
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SpizzirriRoyer
4
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
SpizzirriRoyer
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
SpizzirriRoyer
4
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
SpizzirriRoyer
4
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SpizzirriRoyer
3
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SpizzirriRoyer
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30

Royer was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Eliot Spizzirri in the 2nd

game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, there was more to do for Eliot to win the set since the French player succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) game.

The American was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). On the other side, Royer was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th

game (1-4 0-40).

They played 52 points. It’s worth to point out that, Eliot won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Royer (24-28). Eliot lost 9 points on serve (16-9). In addition, on the other side, Royer conceded 8 points on serve (19-8).

3rd Set -
Royer 6-3
RoyerSpizzirri
6
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
RoyerSpizzirri
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
RoyerSpizzirri
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
RoyerSpizzirri
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
RoyerSpizzirri
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
RoyerSpizzirri
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
RoyerSpizzirri
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
RoyerSpizzirri
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Valentin snatched in the 6th game (4-2) before finally conquering the set (6-3).

Valentin converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 65 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Royer won just 3 more points than Spizzirri (34-31). The French player conceded 7 points on serve (16-7). On the other side, the American conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).

1st
Royer
Spizzirri
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Royer
Spizzirri
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
2
4
1
4
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
3rd
Royer
Spizzirri
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0

Tennis Scores in Hangzhou

  • Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-1 6-4)
  • Rinky HijikataHijikata – Brandon HoltHolt (6-2 7-5)
  • Valentin RoyerRoyer – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (7-5 4-6 6-3)
  • Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-1 6-3)

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