Pavel Kotov upsets Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Stockholm on Saturday. Kotov will seek to keep on going in this event against Gael Monfils in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
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Pavel added to his prize money € 24,625 after winning this match. He has already won € 59,760 after this win. If he wins the next match, Kotov will add € 42,700 to his earnings to get in total € 102,460 in total.
Highlights Pavel Kotov vs. Miomir Kecmanovic Stockholm Open – Stockholm
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:31
At the end of the match, Pavel scored 68 points vs. Kecmanovic’s 55.
Kotov
Kotov served pretty well to win 79% of the points (37/47) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (10/19) on his second serve. Kotov was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that he procured (2/3).
Kecmanovic
On the other side, Kecmanovic wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Kotov and Kecmanovic is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Pavel Kotov vs. Gael Monfils – stats
Kotov will compete against Monfils in the final.
There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Gael Monfils since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
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Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Pavel grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Kotov converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Kecmanovic was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 68 points. Pavel was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Kecmanovic (37-31). Kotov dropped 9 points on serve (23-9). In addition, on the other side, the Serbian conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).
Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Kotov snatched in the 5th game (3-2) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Pavel was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, Kotov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 55 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Miomir (31-24). Pavel conceded 10 points on serve (24-10). On the losing side, Kecmanovic conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).