THE LAS VEGAS CHALLENGER. Daniel prevails over Bangoura in the 2nd round of the the Las Vegas Challenger

Taro Daniel beats Sekou Bangoura 6-4 7-6⁴ in the 2^nd round in Las Vegas Challenger on Tuesday. Daniel will fight against Gonzalo Escobar in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Daniel had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Bangoura in the 1^st game (1-0). That break was enough for the Japanese to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks.

2^nd set.

Daniel started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Bangoura in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Taro to win the set because the American succeeded in breaking back in the 8^th (4-4) game. The Japanese maintained his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Taro scored 77 points vs. Bangoura’s 63 points.

The Japanese won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points because he converted only 40% (2/5). On the other side, Sekou didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Daniel and Bangoura is 2-0.

Next Match: Taro Daniel vs. Gonzalo Escobar – stats

Daniel will play Escobar in the 3^rd round.

There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Gonzalo Escobar since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Las Vegas Challenger

• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Nicola KuhnKuhn (7-6⁸ 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Peter PolanskyPolansky (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Marcos GironGiron – Kevin KingKing (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis – Jack SockSock (7-6⁷ 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Roy SmithSmith (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Gonzalo EscobarEscobar – Donald YoungYoung (7-6⁹ 7-5) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-2 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Liam BroadyBroady (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Darian KingKing (6-7⁵ 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Sekou BangouraBangoura (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Blaz RolaRola (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael RedlickiRedlicki – Jeff WolfWolf (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Emilio GomezGomez – Lloyd GlasspoolGlasspool (6-2 6-7² 6-3) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-3 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Gonzalo EscobarEscobar – Taro DanielDaniel (0-0) – See H2H details
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (1-0) – See H2H details
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Jc AragoneAragone (0-0) – See H2H details
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – See H2H details
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-0) – See H2H details
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – See H2H details
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – See H2H details
• Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – See H2H details