SHANGHAI. John Isner dispatches De Minaur in the 1st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters

John Isner bests Alex De Minaur 7-6¹ 6-4 in the 1^st round in Shanghai on Tuesday. Isner will face Lucas Pouille in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Isner won the tiebreak at 1.

2^nd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Isner conquered in the 9^th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the American scored 70 points vs. De Minaur’s 59 points.

John served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (33/41) behind his first serve, and he won 76% points (16/21) on his second serve. The American blasted 18 aces without committing any double fault. John won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (1/3). On the other side, Alex wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Isner and De Minaur is 2-0 for John.

Next Match: John Isner vs. Lucas Pouille – stats

Isner will face Pouille in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between John Isner and Lucas Pouille since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Andrey RublevRublev – Borna CoricCoric (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• John MillmanMillman – Guido PellaPella (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Zhe LiLi (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alexander BublikBublik (7-6⁵ 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-5 6-7¹ 6-3) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Gilles SimonSimon (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Ze ZhangZhang (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Andy MurrayMurray – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (2-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Christian GarinGarin – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Radu AlbotAlbot (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (7-6² 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Joao SousaSousa – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (2-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – See H2H details
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Andy MurrayMurray (3-4) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (2-0) – See H2H details
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Roger FedererFederer (1-1) – See H2H details
• John MillmanMillman – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (1-0) – See H2H details
• Joao SousaSousa – Vasek PospisilPospisil (4-0) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-5) – See H2H details
• Lucas PouillePouille – John IsnerIsner (0-0) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jeremy ChardyChardy (3-1) – See H2H details
• Christian GarinGarin – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-0) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (2-0) – See H2H details