STOCKHOLM RESULTS. Strong-willed Sam Querrey survives Dimitrov in the 2nd round of the Intrum Stockholm Open

Sam Querrey survives Grigor Dimitrov 6-7⁷ 6-3 7-6³ in the 2^nd round in Stockholm on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Querrey will face off with Pablo Carreno-Busta in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Dimitrov won the tiebreak at 7.

2^nd set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Sam conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

3^rd set.

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Sam won the breaker at 3.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Querrey scored 110 points vs. the Bulgarian’s 104 points.

Sam served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (61/77) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (21/36) on his second serve. Sam fired 25 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The American won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (1/3). On the other side, the Bulgarian wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Querrey and Dimitrov is 1-3 for Grigor.

Next Match: Sam Querrey vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta – stats

Querrey will play Carreno-Busta in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Sam Querrey and Pablo Carreno-Busta since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Stockholm

• Janko TipsarevicTipsarevic – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Mikael YmerYmer (6-0 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Yuichi SugitaSugita – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Gianluca MagerMager (6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-7⁷ 6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Daniel EvansEvans (7-5 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (7-5 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Janko TipsarevicTipsarevic – Yuichi SugitaSugita (1-0) – See H2H details
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (0-0) – See H2H details
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (0-0) – See H2H details