TENNIS SCORES. Bedene stuns Paire in the semifinal in Metz

MOSELLE OPEN - METZ. Bedene upsets Paire to square off with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Aljaz Bedene vs. Benoit Paire

Aljaz Bedene surprises Benoit Paire 4-6 6-1 6-2 in the semifinal in Metz on Saturday. Bedene will fight against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the French Player conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

2nd set.

Bedene had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Paire in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Slovenian extended his lead after breaking Paire in the 4th (4-0) game before managing to win the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when the Slovenian won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

3rd set.

Bedene had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Paire in the 1st game (1-0). Aljaz extended his lead after breaking the French Player in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Bedene scored 78 points vs. Paire’s 55 points.

Aljaz served pretty well to win 88% of the points (37/42) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (15/26) on his second serve. Aljaz was pretty effective in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6). On the other side, Paire was struggling in converting his break points since he converted only 25% of his break points (1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Bedene and Paire is 3-4 for Benoit.

Next Match: Aljaz Bedene vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – stats

Bedene will play Tsonga in the final.

This will be the 2nd time that Aljaz Bedene and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsonga (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they played, Tsonga won 6-2 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2013.

Tennis Scores in Metz

Upcoming matches

  • Aljaz BedeneBedene – Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga (0-1) – See H2H details