SHANGHAI. Lucas Pouille wins against Li in the 1st round

Lucas Pouille conquers Zhe Li 6-7⁴ 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in Shanghai on Tuesday. Pouille will play against John Isner in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Chinese won the set after he broke Pouille in the 11^th (6-5) game. Pouille tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 12^th (6-6) game. However, Li kept the situation under control before winning the set at the following breaker at 4.

Li failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.

2^nd set.

Li came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Pouille in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Pouille managed to stage a great comeback to break Zhe in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

3^rd set.

Pouille started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Li in the 1^st game (1-0). That break was crucial for Lucas to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the French Player scored 102 points vs. the Chinese’s 97 points.

Pouille struck 12 aces and he committed 4 double faults. The French Player was effective in converting 80% of the break points that he conquered (4/5). On the other side, the Chinese didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Pouille and Li is 1-0 for Lucas.

Next Match: Lucas Pouille vs. John Isner – stats

Pouille will face Isner in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Lucas Pouille and John Isner since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Zhe LiLi (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• John MillmanMillman – Guido PellaPella (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alexander BublikBublik (7-6⁵ 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Borna CoricCoric (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (7-6² 6-2) – 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
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Christian GarinGarin – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Gilles SimonSimon (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Ze ZhangZhang (6-3 2-6 6-4) – 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
• Joao SousaSousa – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (2-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Radu AlbotAlbot (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (7-6² 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (7-6⁵ 6-4) – 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
• John MillmanMillman – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (1-0) – 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 – Vasek PospisilPospisil (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