TOKYO. Fantastic Simon powers past Andujar in the 1st round

Gilles Simon crushes Pablo Andujar 6-4 6-0 in the 1^st round in Tokyo on Tuesday after playing a superlative match to clash against Reilly Opelka in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Simon started the set in the best possible way after breaking Andujar in the 2^nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for the French Player to win the set as Pablo succeeded in breaking back in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 7^th (3-4) game. Simon kept his cool to break the Spaniard in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 10^th (6-4) game.

2^nd set.

Andujar wasn’t able to offer any resistance in this set and Simon won the set 6-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the French Player scored 50 points vs. Andujar’s 31 points.

The French Player didn’t lose the concentration in converting 75% of the break points that he procured (6/8). On the other side, Pablo was remarkable in converting all the break points (2/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Simon and Andujar is 2-3 for Pablo.

Next Match: Gilles Simon vs. Reilly Opelka – stats

Simon will come up against Opelka in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Gilles Simon and Reilly Opelka since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Gilles SimonSimon – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Borna CoricCoric (6-4 4-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Go SoedaSoeda – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Joao SousaSousa (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Hyeon ChungChung – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Go SoedaSoeda (0-0) – See H2H details
• John MillmanMillman – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – See H2H details
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (1-0) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (1-2) – See H2H details
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Taro DanielDaniel (1-0) – See H2H details
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Lucas PouillePouille (0-1) – See H2H details
• Hyeon ChungChung – Marin CilicCilic (0-3) – See H2H details
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Gilles SimonSimon (0-0) – See H2H details
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-0) – See H2H details
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – See H2H details