BEIJING. Daniel Evans overcomes Li in the 1st round

Daniel Evans downs Zhe Li 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in Beijing on Monday. Evans will clash against John Isner in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Evans won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, Evans broke back 3 times in the 5^th (2-3), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game before winning the set 6-3.

The Chinese lost the plot in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-3 to 6-3).

2^nd set.

The Brit won the set after he broke Zhe in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. Li tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (4-3) game. Yet, Evans kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Evans scored 73 points vs. the Chinese’s 61 points.

Evans won this match even if he had some problems in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (5/13). On the other side, Zhe had a tough time in converting his break points because he converted only 33% of his break points (2/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Evans and Li is 1-0 for Daniel.

Next Match: Daniel Evans vs. John Isner – stats

Evans will take on Isner in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Daniel Evans and John Isner face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Evans (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Evans won 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the semifinal in Delray beach back in February 2019.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Dominic ThiemThiem – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Andy MurrayMurray – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-6² 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-3) – 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
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Christian GarinGarin (7-6⁵ 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-2) – 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

Upcoming matches

• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (3-0) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – Daniel EvansEvans (0-1) – 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 – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – See H2H details
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Jeremy ChardyChardy (0-0) – See H2H details
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Andy MurrayMurray (0-0) – See H2H details
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-1) – See H2H details