TENNIS SCORES. Bedene upsets Simon in the 2nd round of the Moselle Open

Aljaz Bedene surprises Gilles Simon 7-6⁹ 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Metz on Thursday. Bedene will play against Pablo Carreno-Busta in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Bedene won the tiebreak at 9.

2^nd set.

Bedene conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Simon in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Bedene extended his lead after breaking the French Player in the 3^rd (3-0) game before managing to win the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of the match was when Aljaz won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Bedene scored 69 points vs. Gilles’s 55 points.

Aljaz served exceptionally well to win 93% of the points (41/44) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (8/16) on his second serve. The Slovenian struck 11 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Bedene was effective in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (2/4). On the other side, Simon wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Bedene and Simon is 2-0 for Aljaz.

Next Match: Aljaz Bedene vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta – stats

Bedene will square off with Carreno-Busta in the quarter.

This will be the 5^th time that Aljaz Bedene and Pablo Carreno-Busta play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Bedene and Carreno-Busta (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they played, Carreno-Busta won 6-2 4-0 ret. in the 2^nd round in Hamburg back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Metz

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