“Black October” by Andreas Seppi

David Goffin, currently number 17 in the world, opened and now (hopefully) ended the pitch-black month of October. The Sartori protégé lost out to Goffin in Beijing at the beginning of the month and also had to admit defeat to the Belgian at the ATP tournament in Basel at the beginning of this week. Two games that were completely opposite. While Seppi was still completely losing in China, he was able to improve significantly in Switzerland and was anything but without a chance against his 24-year-old competitor.

In Beijing the game ended 3:6, 3:6 from Seppi's point of view, who was particularly off his game in the crucial moments. He was only able to fend off 33 percent of the break points and only use 25 percent of his chances when his opponent served. In addition, the Kalterer showed great difficulty with Goffin's first serve, which was underlined by only six points scored.

Seppi-Goffin: In Basel it was a battle on a knife's edge In Basel the music sounded completely different. Seppi scored more points as a receiver on his first serve than Goffin (17:15) and was also more successful on his own first serve than the Belgian (33:29). The upward trend also continued in terms of break chances, as Seppi was able to fend off 67 percent of Goffin's break opportunities and use 50 percent of his own. Nevertheless, after the last rally, Andreas Seppi did not leave the court as the winner, who narrowly had to admit defeat in three sets 6:3, 4:6, 4:6.

Master 1000 in Shanghai: A lost opportunity Between the two duels with Goffin, Andreas Seppi was also at the Master 1000 in Shanhai and at the ATP 500 in Vienna. In Shanghai, Sartori's protégé lost out to the American Steve Johnson, who had the upper hand in the tiebreak of the third set. Previously, the South Tyrolean was unable to use two match points. A bitter defeat, because the Kalterer player had 14 break points, but only used four of them. As a receiver, Seppi was only able to score 37 percent of the points, while Johnson scored 44 percent.

Johnson served 60 first serves in this match, of which he scored 48 times. Seppi made 50 valid first serves, but the point only went to the Kalterer 32 times. Not enough to move into the second round.

“Mister Ace” Karolvic doesn’t forgive mistakes A good performance, if you look at Andreas Seppi's numbers in detail, was finally shown by the "Azzurro" in Vienna, where he lost out to Ivo Karlovic (who would later eliminate Wawrinka in Basel). Seppi put 60 percent of his own serves over the net against the all-time record holder for aces and also landed 72 percent of the points. But the only break (with five chances for Karlovic) ultimately broke Seppi's neck, who also had to give up the tiebreak in the first set.

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