BEIJING. Schwartzman aces Verdasco in the 1st round of the China Open

Diego Sebastian Schwartzman tops Fernando Verdasco 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 1^st round in Beijing on Tuesday. Schwartzman will have to play Sam Querrey in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Schwartzman enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Verdasco in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Argentine to win the set since Verdasco succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 8^th (4-4) game. The Argentine maintained his focus to break the Spaniard in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Verdasco conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Schwartzman in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Verdasco to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.

3^rd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Diego conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Diego scored 99 points vs. Verdasco’s 89 points.

The Argentine won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 36% (4/11). On the other side, Fernando was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 21% of his break points (3/14). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Schwartzman and Verdasco is 4-0 for Diego.

Next Match: Diego Sebastian Schwartzman vs. Sam Querrey – stats

Schwartzman will compete against Querrey in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 4^th time that Diego Sebastian Schwartzman and Sam Querrey clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Schwartzman (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Querrey won 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in Shanghai back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• John IsnerIsner – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (7-6² 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Andy MurrayMurray – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-6² 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Guido PellaPella (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 4-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Dusan LajovicLajovic (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Christian GarinGarin (7-6⁵ 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-2 7-6⁷) – 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
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-7⁷ 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (1-2) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – Daniel EvansEvans (0-1) – See H2H details
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – 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
• Andrey RublevRublev – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-4) – See H2H details
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-1) – See H2H details