STOCKHOLM. Carreno-Busta bests Millman in the 1st round of the Intrum Stockholm Open

Pablo Carreno-Busta ousts John Millman 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in Stockholm on Tuesday. Carreno-Busta will engage against Gianluca Mager in the 2^nd 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 Carreno-Busta conquered in the 9^th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Carreno-Busta won the set after he broke John in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. That break was crucial for Pablo to win the set as he didn’t concede his serve in the rest of the set.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 72 points vs. the Australian’s 56 points.

The Spaniard won this match even if he had some problems in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Carreno-Busta and Millman is 2-1 for Pablo.

Next Match: Pablo Carreno-Busta vs. Gianluca Mager – stats

Carreno-Busta will play Mager in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Pablo Carreno-Busta and Gianluca Mager since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.

The last time that they squared off, Carreno-Busta won 6-4 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Perugia Challenger back in 2015.

Tennis Scores in Stockholm

• Mikael YmerYmer – Joao SousaSousa (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Oscar OtteOtte (7-6⁶ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Gianluca MagerMager – Pablo AndujarAndujar (5-7 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – John MillmanMillman (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Casper RuudRuud (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Yuichi SugitaSugita – Elias YmerYmer (7-6⁶ 6-2) – See score progression
• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Dennis NovakNovak (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Radu AlbotAlbot (3-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Janko TipsarevicTipsarevic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-2 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Fabio FogniniFognini – Janko TipsarevicTipsarevic (0-1) – See H2H details
• Yuichi SugitaSugita – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-1) – See H2H details
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Gianluca MagerMager (0-0) – See H2H details
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Mikael YmerYmer – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (0-0) – See H2H details