PARIS RESULTS. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga gets by Rublev in the 1st round

BNP PARIBAS MASTERS - PARIS RESULTS. Tsonga hustles Rublev to play Matteo Berrettini in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Andrey Rublev

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga downs Andrey Rublev 4-6 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris on Monday. Tsonga will seek to keep on going in this event against Matteo Berrettini in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Rublev won the set after he broke Tsonga in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Jo-Wilfried tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, Andrey refused to give way before winning the set 6-4.

2nd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the French Player conquered in the 11th game (6-5) before winning the set (7-5).

3rd set.

Similarly to the 2nd set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tsonga conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Tsonga scored 110 points vs. Andrey’s 102 points.

Jo-Wilfried served pretty well to win 77% of the points (54/70) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 42% points (16/38) on his second serve. Jo-Wilfried fired 20 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The French Player was well focused in converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5). On the other side, Andrey was struggling in converting his break points as he converted only 18% of his break points (2/11). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Tsonga and Rublev is 2-1 for Jo-Wilfried.

Highlights Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Andrey Rublev BNP Paribas Masters – Paris

Tsonga’s Interview

After the match, Jo-Wilfried commented:

“I’m delighted to have won today. Everything was not perfect, obviously, but the most important thing is to have won. In the last two sets, I played good tennis. During the second set, I was closer to the line. The aim was to outpace him. And I wanted to be very aggressive to put a lot of pressure on him. I managed to be more aggressive in my game. So it was quite good.”

Next Match: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Matteo Berrettini – stats

Tsonga will face Berrettini in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Matteo Berrettini since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.

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