Dudi Sela makes light work of Lukas Rosol 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Cassis Challenger on Saturday after playing a remarkable match to square off with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Sela had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Rosol in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for the Israeli to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
2nd set.
Sela in this set was too strong for the Czech and consequentely he won 6-2 after breaking Rosol in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Czech couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Israeli scored 57 points vs. Lukas’s 42 points.
Dudi served pretty well to win 83% of the points (30/36) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (6/11) on his second serve. Dudi won this match even if he had some problems in converting his break points because he converted only 33% (3/9). On the other side, the Czech wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Sela and Rosol is 1-1 for Dudi.
Next Match: Dudi Sela vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – stats
Sela will face Tsonga in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Dudi Sela and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Tsonga (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Tsonga won 6-4 6-1 6-1 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2015.
Tennis Scores in Cassis Challenger
- Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Mikael YmerYmer (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Dudi SelaSela – Lukas RosolRosol (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Dudi SelaSela (3-0) – See H2H details
