CHENGDU. Ferocious Garin breezes past Edmund in the 1st round

Christian Garin breezes past Kyle Edmund 6-3 6-2 in the 1^st round in Chengdu on Monday after playing a good match to come up against Fernando Verdasco in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Christian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Christian broke back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 6^th (4-2) game before winning the set 6-3.

A crucial moment of the match was when the Chilean won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.

2^nd set.

Garin conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Edmund in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Chilean improved his lead after breaking the Brit in the 3^rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of the match was when the Chilean 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, the Chilean scored 61 points vs. Edmund’s 36 points.

Christian served extremely well to win 81% of the points (25/31) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (13/20) on his second serve. The Chilean was effective in converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7). On the other side, Kyle was exceptional in converting all the break points (1/1). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Garin and Edmund is 1-0 for Christian.

Next Match: Christian Garin vs. Fernando Verdasco – stats

Garin will come up against Verdasco in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Christian Garin and Fernando Verdasco since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Bradley KlahnKlahn – Jason JungJung (4-6 6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Yan BaiBai (6-3 4-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Christian GarinGarin – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-3 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Zhe LiLi – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – See H2H details
• Daniel EvansEvans – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-1) – See H2H details
• Richard BerankisBerankis – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-1) – See H2H details
• Benoit PairePaire – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (8-3) – See H2H details
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – See H2H details
• Hyeon ChungChung – Joao SousaSousa (1-0) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – See H2H details