Francesco Passaro conquers Karatsev in the 1st round at the Grand Prix Hassan II – MARRAKECH RESULTS

Francesco Passaro dispatches Aslan Karatsev 7-5 3-6 6-3 in the 1^st round in Marrakech on Monday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 23 minutes.

Marrakech

Passaro's Record

Passaro added to his prize money € 3,845 after winning this match. He has already won € 9,880 after this win. If he wins the next match, Passaro will add € 7,130 to his earnings to get in total € 17,010 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Passaro

Karatsev

7-5 3-6 6-3
2h:23

106

106

Total points

94

94

38

38

Winners

49

49

36%

36%

Ratio Winners

52%

52%

-- Serve --

3

3

Aces

4

4

13

13

Double Faults

13

13

56%

56%

1st in

59%

59%

75%

75%

1st won

77%

77%

38/51

38/51

1st won

49/64

49/64

50%

50%

2nd won

27%

27%

20/40

20/40

2nd won

12/45

12/45

-- Break Points --

5/10

5/10

Total

4/10

4/10

50%

50%

Won

40%

40%

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At the end of the match, Francesco scored 106 points vs. Karatsev’s 94.

Passaro

Francesco served extremely well to win 75% of the points (38/51) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (20/40) on his second serve. Passaro didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (5/10).

Karatsev

On the other side, Aslan had a tough time converting his break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Passaro and Karatsev is 1-0 for Francesco.

Live score progression and stats

The Italian won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4^th (1-3) and in the 10^th (5-5) game, Passaro broke back 3 times in the 7^th (3-4), in the 9^th (5-4) and in the 11^th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.

The Italian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.

There was an important spell in this set when Passaro won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set so as to bring the score from 1-4 to 5-4.

Passaro converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 40-A), the 7^th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40), the 8^th (4-4 30-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Karatsev converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had his opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10^th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 85 points. Passaro was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Karatsev (45-40). The Italian lost 16 points on serve (23-16). Regarding the other side of the net, Karatsev conceded 22 points on serve (24-22).

Aslan clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Karatsev broke back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 6^th (4-2) game to conquer the set 6-3.

A defining moment of this set was when the Russian won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set so as to bring the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.

Karatsev was flawless in converting all his break points in the 4^th (1-2 30-40) and the 6^th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Italian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9^th game (3-5 40-A).

They played 58 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Karatsev won just 2 more points than Passaro (30-28). Aslan surrendered 10 points on serve (17-10). In addition, on the other side, Francesco conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).

Passaro conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Aslan Karatsev in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key and it was sufficient for Francesco to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.

Passaro converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Francesco didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 57 points. Passaro won 9 points more than Aslan (33-24). Passaro was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (17-4). on the other side of the court, Aslan conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).

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