PARIS RESULTS. Determined Jan-Lennard Struff outlasts Khachanov in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Masters

Jan-Lennard Struff survives Karen Khachanov 7-6⁵ 3-6 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Paris on Tuesday after winning a huge battle. Struff will engage against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Matteo Berrettini in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, Jan-Lennard won the tiebreak at 5.

2^nd set.

Khachanov got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Struff in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was sufficient for the Russian to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.

3^rd set.

The German won the set after he broke Karen in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 12^th (7-5) game. Khachanov tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) game. Notwithstanding, Jan-Lennard kept the situation under control before winning the set 7-5.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the German scored 93 points vs. Karen’s 89 points.

Struff served very well to win 84% of the points (48/57) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (17/29) on his second serve. Jan-Lennard fired 17 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Jan-Lennard was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (2/3). On the other side, Khachanov was great in converting all the break points (2/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Struff and Khachanov is 1-1.

Highlights Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Karen Khachanov BNP Paribas Masters – Paris

Next Match: Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Matteo Berrettini – stats

Struff will compete against either Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Matteo Berrettini in the 3^rd round. The head to head is 2-3 vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and 0-2 vs. Matteo Berrettini.

Tennis Scores in Paris

• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-6⁵ 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Andreas SeppiSeppi (7-6(5) 7-6(6)) – See score progression

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