BASEL RESULTS. Henri Laaksonen stuns Paire in the 1st round of the Swiss Indoors Basel

Henri Laaksonen stuns Benoit Paire 6-3 7-5 in the 1^st round in Basel on Monday. Laaksonen will have to play Jan-Lennard Struff in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Henri won the set after he broke Benoit 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. Paire tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) game. Yet, Laaksonen didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 6-3.

Paire couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).

2^nd set.

Henri won the set after he broke the French Player in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 12^th (7-5) game. Paire tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (4-3) game. Yet, the Swiss stayed solid before winning the set 7-5.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Swiss scored 65 points vs. Paire’s 51 points.

Henri served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (26/31) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 45% points (10/22) on his second serve. The Swiss didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (5/10). On the other side, the French Player was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Laaksonen and Paire is 1-0 for Henri.

Highlights Henri Laaksonen vs. Benoit Paire Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel

Next Match: Henri Laaksonen vs. Jan-Lennard Struff – stats

Laaksonen will square off with Struff in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Henri Laaksonen and Jan-Lennard Struff since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Basel

• Roger FedererFederer – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Hugo DellienDellien (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression

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