TENNIS SCORES. Die-hard Griekspoor survives Gomez-Herrera in the 1st round of the the L’Aquila Challenger

L'AQUILA CHALLENGER. Griekspoor outlasts Gomez-Herrera to take on Facundo Mena in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Scott Griekspoor vs. Carlos Gomez-Herrera

Scott Griekspoor outlasts Carlos Gomez-Herrera 3-6 7-68 7-66 in the 1st round in L’Aquila Challenger on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Griekspoor will play Facundo Mena in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Gomez-Herrera didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Griekspoor in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was enough for Carlos to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.

2nd set.

Griekspoor clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 9th (4-5) game, The Dutch broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 8.

3rd set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Griekspoor won the breaker at 6.

The Dutch was unable to break the Spaniard in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Statistics

Griekspoor won this contest even if he conquered less points than Gomez-Herrera (116 vs. 125).

The Dutch served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (49/65) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (27/48) on his second serve. The Dutch won this match even if he had some problems in converting his break points since he converted only 7% (1/15). On the other side, Gomez-Herrera had some problems in converting his break points because he converted only 29% of his break points (2/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Griekspoor and Gomez-Herrera is 1-0.

Next Match: Scott Griekspoor vs. Facundo Mena – stats

Griekspoor will take on Mena in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Scott Griekspoor and Facundo Mena since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

The last time that they competed against each other, Griekspoor won 7-67 6-3 in the 1st round in Blois Challenger back in June 2019.

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