THE NEWPORT BEACH CHALLENGER RESULTS. Kwiatkowski surprises Istomin in the quarter of the the Newport Beach Challenger

Thai Kwiatkowski stuns Denis Istomin 7-6⁶ 6-4 in the quarter in on Friday. Kwiatkowski will have to play Steve Johnson in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, the American won the breaker at 6.

2^nd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American conquered in the 10^th game (6-4).

Statistics

After this encounter, the head to head between Kwiatkowski and Istomin is 1-0.

Next Match H2H: Thai Kwiatkowski vs. Steve Johnson – stats

Kwiatkowski will come up against Johnson in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Thai Kwiatkowski and Steve Johnson since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Newport Beach Challenger

• Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Denis IstominIstomin (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Raymond SarmientoSarmiento (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Bradley KlahnKlahn (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Christopher EubanksEubanks (4-6 7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – See H2H details
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (0-0) – See H2H details