Shintaro Mochizuki surprises Luciano Darderi 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Almaty on Thursday. Mochizuki will seek to keep on going in this event against Alex Michelsen in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes.
Highlights Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Luciano Darderi Almaty Open – Almaty
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 60 points vs. Darderi’s 46.
Mochizuki
The Japanese served extremely well to win 83% of the points (19/23) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (14/22) on his second serve. Shintaro was pretty focused in converting 80% of the break points that he procured (4/5).
Darderi
On the other side, The Italian was great in converting the only break point that he converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Mochizuki and Darderi is 1-0 for Shintaro.
Draw and next match H2H: Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Alex Michelsen – stats
Mochizuki will compete against Michelsen in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Shintaro Mochizuki and Alex Michelsen since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Mochizuki conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Shintaro broke back 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th game to conquer the set 6-3.
The Japanese failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
Darderi was dominated in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-3 to 6-3.
Shintaro was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Luciano was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40).
They contested 59 points. The Japanese was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Darderi (34-25). Mochizuki lost 8 points on serve (17-8). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 17 points on serve (17-17
).The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Mochizuki snatched in the 4th game (3-1) before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Japanese converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Shintaro didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. The Japanese was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Luciano (26-21). Mochizuki was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, Darderi conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).
Tennis Scores in Almaty
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-3 6-3)
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 7-65 6-3)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-2)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Adam WaltonWalton (7-5 7-60)
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-65 6-1)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 7-5)
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (7-5 6-3)
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-63 6-73 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H details and stats