Pablo Carreno-Busta surprises Benoit Paire 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Chengdu on Thursday. Carreno-Busta will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Christian Garin in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Carreno-Busta started the set strong after breaking Paire in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was sufficient for Carreno-Busta to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
2nd set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the French Player conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).
3rd set.
Similarly to the 2nd set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Pablo conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Carreno-Busta scored 86 points vs. Paire’s 70 points.
The Spaniard served extremely well to win 87% of the points (40/46) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (15/24) on his second serve. Pablo was effective in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4). On the other side, the French Player was fantastic in converting all the break points (1/1). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Carreno-Busta and Paire is 4-8 for Benoit.
Next Match: Pablo Carreno-Busta vs. Christian Garin – stats
Carreno-Busta will come up against Garin in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Pablo Carreno-Busta and Christian Garin square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Carreno-Busta (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Carreno-Busta won 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in Geneva back in 2016.
Tennis Scores in Chengdu
- Alexander BublikBublik – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Christian GarinGarin – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Bradley KlahnKlahn (3-6 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Daniel EvansEvans (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – John IsnerIsner (6-711 7-65 7-64) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (6-4 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
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
