Vasek Pospisil upsets Taro Daniel 6-4 6-1 in the quarter in Las Vegas Challenger on Friday after playing a remarkable match to deal with Christopher O Connell in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Pospisil conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
2nd set.
Pospisil was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Daniel in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Canadian managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Japanese in the 6th (5-1) game before managing to win the set (6-1).
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 61 points vs. the Japanese’s 39 points.
The Canadian served extremely well to win 92% of the points (23/25) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (13/20) on his second serve. Vasek won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points because he converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, Daniel wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Pospisil and Daniel is 1-0 for Taro.
Next Match: Vasek Pospisil vs. Christopher O Connell – stats
Pospisil will square off with O Connell in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Vasek Pospisil and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Las Vegas Challenger
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Marcos GironGiron (7-6(7) 3-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Vasek PospisilPospisil (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – James DuckworthDuckworth (2-0) – See H2H details
