CHENGDU. Stubborn Evans outlasts Bai in the 1st round

CHENGDU OPEN - CHENGDU. Evans survives Bai to square off with Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Evans vs. Yan Bai

Daniel Evans outlasts Yan Bai 6-3 4-6 7-64 in the 1st round in Chengdu on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Evans will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Brit won the set after he broke the Chinese in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Evans to conquer the set since he didn’t concede his serve during the rest of the set.

2nd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Yan conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

3rd set.

The Brit won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game. The Brit broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Evans scored 96 points vs. Yan’s 92 points.

Daniel won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (4/10). On the other side, Yan wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 43% of his break points (3/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Evans and Bai is 1-0 for Daniel.

Next Match: Daniel Evans vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats

Evans will come up against Dimitrov in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Daniel Evans and Grigor Dimitrov play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Evans and Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Evans won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Washington back in 2016.

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

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