CHENGDU. Egor Gerasimov shocks Isner in the 2nd round

CHENGDU OPEN - CHENGDU. Gerasimov surprises Isner to take on Denis Shapovalov in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Egor Gerasimov vs. John Isner

Egor Gerasimov stuns John Isner 6-7(11) 7-6(5) 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Chengdu on Thursday. Gerasimov will play Denis Shapovalov in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Isner won the tiebreak at 11.

2nd set.

Also in this set, nothing could divide these 2 players and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the Belarussian won the breaker at 5.

3rd set.

Also in this set, there was no difference between these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Gerasimov won the tiebreak at 4.

Statistics

After this encounter, the head to head between Gerasimov and Isner is 2-0 for Egor.

Next Match: Egor Gerasimov vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats

Gerasimov will face Shapovalov in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Egor Gerasimov and Denis Shapovalov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

Upcoming matches

  • Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Christian GarinGarin (1-0) – See H2H details
  • Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Alexander BublikBublik – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Lloyd HarrisHarris – Joao SousaSousa (0-0) – See H2H details