ANTWERP. Simon gets the better of Tsonga in the 2nd round

EUROPEAN OPEN - ANTWERP. Simon beats Tsonga to take on Stan Wawrinka in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Gilles Simon vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Gilles Simon dispatches Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in Antwerp on Wednesday. Simon will face Stan Wawrinka in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Tsonga took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Simon in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Simon managed to stage a great comeback to break Tsonga in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

2nd set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Simon conquered in the 11th game (6-5) before winning the set (7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Simon scored 75 points vs. Tsonga’s 62 points.

Gilles was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6). On the other side, Jo-Wilfried was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 25% of his break points (1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Simon and Tsonga is 4-9 for Jo-Wilfried.

Next Match: Gilles Simon vs. Stan Wawrinka – stats

Simon will take on Wawrinka in the quarter.

This will be the 8th time that Gilles Simon and Stan Wawrinka fight against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Wawrinka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they played, Simon won 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round in Shanghai back in 2016.

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