SHANGHAI. Thiem aces Carreno-Busta in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters

Dominic Thiem ousts Pablo Carreno-Busta 7-6³ 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Shanghai on Wednesday. Thiem will play Nikoloz Basilashvili in the 3^rd 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, the Austrian won the breaker at 3.

2^nd set.

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

Statistics

At the end of the match, Dominic scored 82 points vs. the Spaniard’s 64 points.

Dominic served pretty well to win 89% of the points (40/45) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (14/25) on his second serve. The Austrian struck 11 aces without committing any double fault. The Austrian won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points as he converted only 17% (1/6). On the other side, Carreno-Busta wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Thiem and Carreno-Busta is 6-0 for Dominic.

Highlights Dominic Thiem vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Next Match: Dominic Thiem vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili – stats

Thiem will play Basilashvili in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Dominic Thiem and Nikoloz Basilashvili clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Basilashvili (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Basilashvili won 6-4 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Sofia back in 2017.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Dominic ThiemThiem – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (7-6³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Lucas PouillePouille (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jeremy ChardyChardy (7-6¹³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christian GarinGarin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – John MillmanMillman (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Andy MurrayMurray (7-6⁴ 2-6 7-6²) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-2) – See H2H details
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – John IsnerIsner (9-2) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Roger FedererFederer (1-9) – See H2H details
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Dominic ThiemThiem (1-0) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Vasek PospisilPospisil (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Andrey RublevRublev (2-0) – See H2H details
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-3) – See H2H details