Tennys Sandgren hustles Denis Istomin 6-4 5-7 6-4 in the 1st round in Newport on Monday. Sandgren will square off with Adrian Mannarino in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Tennys conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).
2nd set.
The Uzbek won the set after he broke Tennys in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th (7-5) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. However, Istomin didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 7-5.
3rd set.
There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Sandgren conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).
At the end of the match, Tennys scored 109 points vs. Denis’s 105 points.
The American served pretty well to win 81% of the points (46/57) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 45% points (25/56) on his second serve. Tennys won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, the Uzbek was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 33% of his break points (2/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Sandgren and Istomin is 1-0 for Tennys.
Next Match: Tennys Sandgren vs. Adrian Mannarino – H2H and stats
Sandgren will face Mannarino in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Tennys Sandgren and Adrian Mannarino play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mannarino (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Mannarino won 6-2 6-75 6-1 in the 1st round in Indian Wells back in March 2019.
