TENNIS SCORES. Stout Johnson outlasts Verbeek in the 1st round of the the Glasgow Challenger

Luke Johnson survives Sem Verbeek 1-6 6-3 7-6² in the 1^st round in Glasgow Challenger on Monday after winning a huge battle. Johnson will engage against Roberto Marcora in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Sem was far too good to drop just 1 game before breaking Luke 2 times and win the set 6-1.

The Brit was powerless in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

2^nd set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Johnson conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

3^rd set.

Johnson started the set in the best possible way after breaking Verbeek in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Johnson to win the set since Verbeek managed to break back in the 6^th (3-3) game. Luke kept his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 2.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Brit scored 95 points vs. Verbeek’s 94 points.

The Brit was effective in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (2/3). On the other side, Verbeek was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 30% of his break points (3/10). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Johnson and Verbeek is 1-0.

Next Match: Luke Johnson vs. Roberto Marcora – stats

Johnson will come up against Marcora in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Luke Johnson and Roberto Marcora since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Glasgow Challenger

• Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Quentin Robert (1994)Robert (1994) (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Luke JohnsonJohnson – Sem VerbeekVerbeek (1-6 6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Julian OcleppoOcleppo – Felix GillGill (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Evan HoytHoyt (6-4 7-6(1)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Harry WendelkenWendelken (0-0) – See H2H details
• Malek JaziriJaziri – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (0-0) – See H2H details
• Harri HeliovaaraHeliovaara – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alessandro BegaBega – Evan FurnessFurness (0-0) – See H2H details
• Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Luke JohnsonJohnson (0-0) – See H2H details
• Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – See H2H details
• Lloyd GlasspoolGlasspool – Riccardo BalzeraniBalzerani (0-0) – See H2H details
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Aidan MchughMchugh (0-0) – See H2H details
• Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – John-Patrick SmithSmith (0-0) – See H2H details
• Mark WhitehouseWhitehouse – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-0) – See H2H details
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Luca VanniVanni (0-0) – See H2H details
• Matteo MartineauMartineau – Lukas KleinKlein (0-0) – See H2H details
• Tomas MachacMachac – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – See H2H details
• Jack DraperDraper – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (0-0) – See H2H details