The French tennis player Alexandre Muller27 years old and number 67 in the ATP ranking, was proclaimed the winner of the tournament Hong Kongcategory 250 and played on the hard court, after returning to contention for the title against Japan Kei Nishikori (2-6, 6-1 and 6-3) playing in their first final in six years.
In the first set, the Japanese player, at the time world number 4 and playing an invitational event, avoided the only break ball he faced in the second game and eventually broke his rival’s serve in the fifth and seventh . to win by a comfortable 6-2.
Despite this, Muller was unbroken, turning the game around completely. Thus, he won 84% of the points on his first serve and reduced his unforced errors by half, four, while the tennis player on the other side of the court increased his number to seventeen. In the end his breaks in the fourth and sixth games helped him to go 6-1.
The dynamic was maintained in the third and final match, where he was able to sign 71% of the first serves and take 87% of the points played on them. He also refused to go without break options, taking advantage of two of the four he had in the seventh and ninth games, the latter of which he won decisively against the rest to claim the first ATP title of his career.
Source: La Verdad
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