THE LAS VEGAS CHALLENGER. James Duckworth conquers Smith in the 2nd round

James Duckworth tops Roy Smith 6-4 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Las Vegas Challenger on Wednesday. Duckworth will face Dmitry Popko 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 James conquered in the 3^rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Similarly to the 1^st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that James conquered in the 3^rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, James scored 63 points vs. Roy’s 48 points.

The Australian served exceptionally well to win 95% of the points (18/19) behind his first serve, and he won 76% points (22/29) on his second serve. The Australian won this match even if he had some problems in converting his break points because he converted only 25% (2/8). On the other side, Roy 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 Duckworth and Smith is 1-0.

Next Match: James Duckworth vs. Dmitry Popko – stats

Duckworth will face Popko in the 3^rd round.

There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Dmitry Popko since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Las Vegas Challenger

• 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
• 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
• Emilio GomezGomez – Lloyd GlasspoolGlasspool (6-2 6-7² 6-3) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-3 6-0) – 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

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