CHENGDU. Steadfast Jordan Thompson survives Pospisil in the 1st round

Jordan Thompson survives Vasek Pospisil 6-3 3-6 7-5 in the 1^st round in Chengdu on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Thompson will fight against Alexander Bublik in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Australian conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Similarly to the 1^st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Pospisil conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

3^rd set.

Jordan won the set after he broke the Canadian in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 12^th (7-5) game. The Canadian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9^th (5-4) game. Yet, the Australian kept the situation under control before winning the set 7-5.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Jordan scored 99 points vs. Vasek’s 93 points.

Thompson won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points since he converted only 30% (3/10). On the other side, Vasek wasn’t that great in converting his break points because he converted only 40% of his break points (2/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Thompson and Pospisil is 1-0 for Jordan.

Next Match: Jordan Thompson vs. Alexander Bublik – stats

Thompson will compete against Bublik in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Jordan Thompson and Alexander Bublik since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Joao SousaSousa – Hyeon ChungChung (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (4-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-3 3-6 7-5) – 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
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-2 4-6 6-4) – 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
• Daniel EvansEvans – Yan BaiBai (6-3 4-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Daniel EvansEvans – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-1) – See H2H details
• Bradley KlahnKlahn – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Joao SousaSousa – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – See H2H details
• Benoit PairePaire – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (8-3) – See H2H details
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander BublikBublik – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – See H2H details