TENNIS SCORES. Tsonga aces Herbert in the 2nd round in Metz

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga dispatches Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-3 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Metz on Thursday. Tsonga will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Nikoloz Basilashvili in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Jo-Wilfried conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Tsonga was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Herbert in the 1^st game (1-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Tsonga to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Jo-Wilfried scored 68 points vs. Herbert’s 54 points.

Jo-Wilfried served very well to win 82% of the points (32/39) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (11/20) on his second serve. Tsonga won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (2/6). On the other side, Pierre-Hugues wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Tsonga and Herbert is 4-0 for Jo-Wilfried.

Next Match: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili – stats

Tsonga will compete against Basilashvili in the quarter.

This will be the 3^rd time that Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Nikoloz Basilashvili clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Tsonga and Basilashvili (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they played each other, Basilashvili won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Lyon back in May 2019.

Tennis Scores in Metz

• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Yannick MadenMaden (6-2 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Aljaz BedeneBedene – Gilles SimonSimon (7-6⁹ 6-2) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Antoine HoangHoang (3-6 7-6⁶ 6-2) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Richard GasquetGasquet (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-1) – See H2H details
• Benoit PairePaire – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – See H2H details
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Lucas PouillePouille (0-2) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Aljaz BedeneBedene (2-2) – See H2H details