SHANGHAI. John Isner ousts Pouille in the 2nd round

John Isner wins against Lucas Pouille 7-5 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Shanghai on Wednesday. Isner will square off with Novak Djokovic in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that John conquered in the 12^th game (7-5).

2^nd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, John scored 65 points vs. the French Player’s 50 points.

John served extremely well to win 85% of the points (35/41) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (9/13) on his second serve. The American blasted 19 aces without committing any double fault. Isner won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 40% (2/5). On the other side, the French Player 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 Pouille is 1-0 for John.

Next Match: John Isner vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

Isner will compete against Djokovic in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 12^th time that John Isner and Novak Djokovic play each other. The head to head is 9-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 5-2 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Djokovic won 6-4 6-3 in the R in London back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Andrey RublevRublev – John MillmanMillman (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jeremy ChardyChardy (7-6¹³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (7-6³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Lucas PouillePouille (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christian GarinGarin (6-3 6-3) – 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