Emil Ruusuvuori stuns Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5 6-2 in the semifinal in Mallorca Challenger on Saturday. Ruusuvuori is going to play against Matteo Viola in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Ruusuvuori won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Ruusuvuori broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 12th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.
Emil failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.
2nd set.
Ruusuvuori in this set stepped up in great fashion to overplay Alejandro and therefore he won 6-2 after breaking Alejandro in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Emil missed the opportunity to break Alejandro in the 6th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Finn scored 75 points vs. Alejandro’s 55 points.
Emil was well focused in converting 56% of the break points that he conquered (5/9). On the other side, Davidovich Fokina was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Ruusuvuori and Davidovich Fokina is 1-0.
Next Match: Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Matteo Viola – stats
Ruusuvuori will compete against Viola in the final.
There is no head to head record between Emil Ruusuvuori and Matteo Viola since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Mallorca Challenger
- Matteo ViolaViola – Daniel MasurMasur (7-63 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Matteo ViolaViola (0-0) – See H2H details
