Soon-Woo Kwon overcomes Henri Laaksonen 6-2 5-7 6-4 in the qualifications in Zhuhai on Sunday.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Kwon was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Laaksonen in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that was not enough for Soon-Woo to win the set as Laaksonen managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Korean kept his focus to break Henri in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
2nd set.
Kwon conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Laaksonen in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Laaksonen found the way to come back to break the Korean 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 10th (5-5) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Kwon was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).
3rd set.
Kwon was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Laaksonen in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for Soon-Woo to win the set as the Swiss succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (4-4) game. Soon-Woo kept his focus to break Henri in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Statistics
After this encounter, the head to head between Kwon and Laaksonen is 1-0 for Soon-Woo.
Tennis Scores in Zhuhai
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- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
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- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
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