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ATP Winston Salem, USAMen's Singles · Round of 64 · HardCompleted
Felix Balshaw
464
Aleksandar Kovačević
677
6-4, 7-6(4)Court 21h 18m

Keys to Victory

Fine margins
Decided by fine margins; no single statistic separated the two.
On-air one-liner
Kovačević edged Balshaw in a tight contest at Winston Salem, taking a tiebreak in the second set to advance.
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Game flow

BalshawKovačević▼ break of serve
Set 131 min▾
1-01-1▼1-21-32-32-43-43-54-54-6
4-6
Balshaw41515303030
Kovačević6015153040
Balshaw415304040
Kovačević500015
Balshaw30151515
Kovačević515153040
Balshaw315303040
Kovačević4001515
Balshaw2000
Kovačević4153040
Balshaw20153040
Kovačević315151515
Balshaw100015
Kovačević315304040
Break
Balshaw1000
Kovačević2153040
Balshaw1015153030
Kovačević11515303040
Balshaw1153040
Kovačević0000

Kovačević broke for 2-1 and held for 6-4, clinical in taking the set as Balshaw managed only routine holds.

Set 247 min▾
1-01-12-12-23-23-34-34-45-45-56-56-6TB6-7
64-7
TB
Balshaw60011222344
Kovačević71223345556
Balshaw6001515
Kovačević615303040
Balshaw6153030404040Ad
Kovačević5001515304040
Balshaw515151515
Kovačević50153040
Balshaw515153040
Kovačević40151515
Balshaw4015153030
Kovačević41515303040
Balshaw4153040
Kovačević3000
Balshaw3000
Kovačević3153040
Balshaw31530304040
Kovačević200151530
Balshaw2000
Kovačević2153040
Balshaw2153040
Kovačević1000
Balshaw11515153030
Kovačević1015303040
Balshaw1153040
Kovačević0000

Balshaw held for 6-5 through deuce but Kovačević forced a tiebreak for 6-6 and won it in 7 minutes, resilient to level.

Data note
AI recap generated from set scores + aggregate match statistics.