Kovačević won 76% of first-serve points to Van Assche's 59%.
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Kovačević broke Van Assche's serve three times and won 76% of first-serve points to advance 6-1, 7-6(6) in Winston Salem.
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Kovačević dominates the first set and edges the tiebreak, breaking Van Assche three times and converting on first-serve points at a 76% clip to reach the Round of 16 in Winston Salem.
Game flow
Van AsscheKovačević▼ break of serve
Set 122 min▾
0-1▼0-20-31-31-4▼1-51-6
1-6
Van Assche1000
Kovačević6153040
Break
Van Assche100015
Kovačević515304040
Van Assche1001530304040
Kovačević4153030304040Ad
Van Assche10153040
Kovačević315151515
Van Assche015151515
Kovačević30153040
Break
Van Assche0000
Kovačević2153040
Van Assche0001515
Kovačević115303040
Kovačević broke for 2-0 and again for 5-1, clinical in sealing it 6-1 in 22 minutes.
Set 267 min▾
▼0-10-21-2▼2-23-23-34-34-45-45-56-56-6TB6-7
66-7
TB
Van Assche61123444455566
Kovačević70111123445667
Van Assche6001530404040
Kovačević6153030303040Ad
Van Assche6153030304040Ad
Kovačević5001530304040
Van Assche500015
Kovačević515304040
Van Assche5000153040Ad
Kovačević415304040404040
Van Assche401530303040Ad4040
Kovačević41515153040404040Ad
Van Assche4153040
Kovačević3000
Van Assche3000
Kovačević3153040
Van Assche31515153040
Kovačević2015303030
Break
Van Assche215304040
Kovačević200015
Van Assche1015153040
Kovačević21515303030
Van Assche0000
Kovačević2153040
Break
Van Assche015151515304040
Kovačević101530404040Ad
Van Assche broke for 2-2 but Kovačević held for 6-6 saving a break point, then won the tiebreak after 67 minutes of relentless rallies.
Match Stats
Van AsscheKovačević
4
Aces
8
6
Double faults
4
57%
1st serve in
58%
60%
1st serve pts won
76%
1/4 (25%)
Break points won
3/9 (33%)
6/9 (67%)
Service games won
9/10 (90%)
1/10 (10%)
Return games won
3/9 (33%)
18/65 (28%)
Return points won
26/61 (43%)
53
Total points won
73
Data note
AI recap generated from set scores + aggregate match statistics.