TENNIS SCORES. Facundo Mena stuns Giannessi in the semifinal of the the Como Challenger

Facundo Mena shocks Alessandro Giannessi 6-2 1-6 6-2 in the semifinal in Como Challenger on Saturday. Mena will square off with Andrej Martin in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Mena had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Giannessi in the 1^st game (1-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for the Argentine to win the set because Giannessi succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Mena kept his cool to break the Italian in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Alessandro was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).

2^nd set.

Giannessi had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Mena in the 2^nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Giannessi to win the set since the Argentine succeeded in breaking back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. Alessandro kept his cool to break the Argentine in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Mena lost the 2^nd game (2-0) when he was 40-0 up.

The Argentine was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-1 to 6-1).

3^rd set.

Mena in this set stepped up in great fashion to overplay Giannessi and consequentely he won 6-2 after breaking Alessandro in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Mena scored 81 points vs. Alessandro’s 72 points.

The Argentine was pretty good in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (6/9). On the other side, the Italian had a tough time in converting his break points since he converted only 44% of his break points (4/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Mena and Giannessi is 1-0.

Next Match: Facundo Mena vs. Andrej Martin – stats

Mena will square off with Martin in the final.

There is no head to head record between Facundo Mena and Andrej Martin since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Como Challenger

• Facundo MenaMena – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-2 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrej MartinMartin – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-2 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Andrej MartinMartin – Facundo MenaMena (0-0) – See H2H details