CHENGDU. Gerasimov aces Li in the 1st round of the Chengdu Open

Egor Gerasimov wins against Zhe Li 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the 1^st round in Chengdu on Tuesday. Gerasimov will clash against John Isner in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Chinese conquered in the 5^th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Gerasimov overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Li in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Belarussian reinforced his lead after breaking the Chinese in the 8^th (6-2) game before managing to win the set.

3^rd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Gerasimov conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Egor scored 82 points vs. the Chinese’s 73 points.

The Belarussian blasted 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The Belarussian won this match even if he had some problems in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, Li was great in converting all the break points (1/1). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Gerasimov and Li is 1-0 for Egor.

Next Match: Egor Gerasimov vs. John Isner – stats

Gerasimov will fight against Isner in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Egor Gerasimov and John Isner since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Zhe LiLi (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 6-4 6-2) – 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
• Bradley KlahnKlahn – Jason JungJung (4-6 6-3 7-6²) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – 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
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Lloyd HarrisHarris (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