BEIJING. Basilashvili overcomes Pella in the 1st round

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING. Basilashvili defeats Pella to play Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Guido Pella

Nikoloz Basilashvili aces Guido Pella 6-4 7-63 in the 1st round in Beijing on Tuesday. Basilashvili will have to play Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Basilashvili conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

2nd set.

Basilashvili won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Basilashvili broke back in the 5th (2-3) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 3.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Georgean scored 80 points vs. the Argentine’s 71 points.

Basilashvili served exceptionally well to win 87% of the points (33/38) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (19/36) on his second serve. Basilashvili won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points as he converted only 22% (2/9). On the other side, Pella wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 13% of his break points (1/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Basilashvili and Pella is 2-0 for Nikoloz.

Next Match: Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats

Basilashvili will compete against Tsitsipas in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Stefanos Tsitsipas face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Tsitsipas won 6-3 3-6 7-67 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne back in January 2019.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

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