TENNIS SCORES. Benoit Paire aces Barrere in the quarter in Metz

MOSELLE OPEN - METZ. Paire topples Barrere to compete against Aljaz Bedene in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Benoit Paire vs. Gregoire Barrere

Benoit Paire prevails over Gregoire Barrere 7-64 6-4 in the quarter in Metz on Friday. Paire will have to play Aljaz Bedene in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Paire conquered in the 8th game (4-4) before winning the set (7-6).

2nd set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Paire conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

Paire was unable to break Barrere in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Benoit scored 74 points vs. Barrere’s 65 points.

Benoit served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (33/40) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (12/21) on his second serve. Paire fired 14 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Benoit won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points because he converted only 22% (2/9). On the other side, Barrere was exceptional in converting all the break points (1/1). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Paire and Barrere is 1-0 for Benoit.

Next Match: Benoit Paire vs. Aljaz Bedene – stats

Paire will take on Bedene in the semifinal.

This will be the 7th time that Benoit Paire and Aljaz Bedene square off. The head to head is 4-2 for Paire (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Bedene won 4-6 6-73 6-2 7-5 7-64 in the 2nd round in New York back in August 2019.

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