BEIJING. Stubborn Jeremy Chardy outlasts Cecchinato in the 1st round of the China Open

Jeremy Chardy survives Marco Cecchinato 6-7⁷ 6-3 7-6⁴ in the 1^st round in Beijing on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Chardy is going to play against Karen Khachanov in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Marco won the breaker at 7.

2^nd set.

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

3^rd set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Chardy won the tiebreak at 4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Jeremy scored 111 points vs. Cecchinato’s 105 points.

The French Player served very well to win 79% of the points (54/68) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (25/42) on his second serve. The French Player blasted 16 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Jeremy won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (1/3). On the other side, the Italian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Chardy and Cecchinato is 2-0 for Jeremy.

Next Match: Jeremy Chardy vs. Karen Khachanov – stats

Chardy will compete against Khachanov in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Jeremy Chardy and Karen Khachanov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Alexander ZverevZverev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-2 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Zhe LiLi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-7⁷ 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Christian GarinGarin (7-6⁵ 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-2 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Andy MurrayMurray – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – See H2H details
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (3-0) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – John IsnerIsner (7-4) – See H2H details
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Fabio FogniniFognini (2-2) – See H2H details
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-1) – See H2H details
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Guido PellaPella (1-0) – See H2H details
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (3-0) – See H2H details
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-2) – See H2H details
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Jeremy ChardyChardy (0-0) – See H2H details
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (1-0) – See H2H details