TOKYO. David Goffin hustles Carreno-Busta in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open

David Goffin beats Pablo Carreno-Busta 1-6 7-6⁸ 6-0 in the 1^st round in Tokyo on Wednesday. Goffin will play against Denis Shapovalov in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Carreno-Busta conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Goffin in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Carreno-Busta managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Belgian in the 4^th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when the Spaniard won 5 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

2^nd set.

Carreno-Busta conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Goffin in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Goffin refused to bow to come back to break Carreno-Busta 3 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 8^th (4-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 8.

3^rd set.

The Spaniard didn’t manage to offer a meaningful resistance and David won the set 6-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, David scored 92 points vs. Carreno-Busta’s 87 points.

Goffin blasted 12 aces and he committed 5 double faults. David didn’t lose the concentration in converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (6/8). On the other side, Pablo had some problems in converting his break points because he converted only 36% of his break points (5/14). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Goffin and Carreno-Busta is 2-2.

Next Match: David Goffin vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats

Goffin will square off with Shapovalov in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between David Goffin and Denis Shapovalov since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• John MillmanMillman – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (1-6 7-6⁸ 6-0) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 6-7⁶ 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Gilles SimonSimon – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 6-2) – 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
• Go SoedaSoeda – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 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
• Marin CilicCilic – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• David GoffinGoffin – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – 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
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – John MillmanMillman (0-0) – See H2H details