James Duckworth bests Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Baotou Challenger on Saturday. Duckworth will have to play Sasi Kumar Mukund in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Australian conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).
2nd set.
Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Duckworth conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Duckworth scored 62 points vs. the Portuguese’s 50 points.
James served pretty well to win 93% of the points (26/28) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (15/26) on his second serve. James struck 10 aces and he committed 2 double faults. James won this match even if he was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points because he converted only 18% (2/11). On the other side, Frederico wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Duckworth and Ferreira Silva is 1-0.
Next Match: James Duckworth vs. Sasi Kumar Mukund – stats
Duckworth will compete against Kumar Mukund in the final.
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Sasi Kumar Mukund since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Baotou Challenger
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jumpei YamasakiYamasaki – Evan ZhuZhu (0-0) – See H2H details
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Chuhan WangWang (0-0) – See H2H details
