The match statistics don't indicate any great difference in performance between David and Daniel with the exception of break points.
| Stats: | David | Koellerer |
| Ace/df: | 3/5 | 2/3 |
| 1st serve % | 57% | 60% |
| 1st serve points won | 60% | 63% |
| 2nd serve points won | 53% | 47% |
| break points won | 5/13 | 5/9 |
Koellerer clearly faced stiff competition from David but was able to hold his own while David was simply unable to convert enough break points to make a difference. This was particularly telling near the end of the match when David was a break down and led 40-0 on Koellerer's serve but was unable to convert any of these three critical break points. That must have been demoralizing and a sure sign that he simply couldn't manage to break back.
This is Daniel Koellerer's first match win on the ATP tour. It is incomprehensible that it was a player of David's calibre who gave him his first opportunity.
The turning point came at 3-1 for David in the second set. At that moment, Köllerer held his serve for the first time in the match (the two games he had won until then had been breaks against David). And from then on, it all went downhill. With David losing five games in a row and the second set. And then being unable to break back in the third...
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like he just ran out of steam after struggling with physical weakness from recent poor health. As you've elaborated on in the latest post.
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