THE NEWPORT BEACH CHALLENGER RESULTS. Gritty Johnson survives Vukic in the 3rd round of the the Newport Beach Challenger

Steve Johnson survives Aleksandar Vukic 7-6⁶ 6-7⁴ 7-6⁴ in the 3^rd round in on Thursday after conquering a huge battle. Johnson will fight against Bradley Klahn in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, the American won the tiebreak at 6.

2^nd set.

The Australian won the set after he broke Johnson in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 12^th (6-6) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 11^th (5-6) game. However, the Australian maintained the focus before winning the set at the following breaker at 4.

3^rd set.

Steve won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 7^th (3-4) game, Johnson broke back in the 10^th (5-5) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the American scored 124 points vs. the Australian’s 119 points.

Steve served very well to win 78% of the points (54/69) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (27/51) on his second serve. The American blasted 23 aces and he committed 9 double faults. Johnson won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9). On the other side, Aleksandar was remarkable in converting all the break points (3/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Johnson and Vukic is 1-0.

Next Match H2H: Steve Johnson vs. Bradley Klahn – stats

Johnson will face Klahn in the quarter.

This will be the 2^nd time that Steve Johnson and Bradley Klahn clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Klahn (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Johnson won 6-4 7-6⁴ in the 3^rd round in Canberra Challenger back in January 2020.

Tennis Scores in Newport Beach Challenger

• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-7⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Michael RedlickiRedlicki (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-6⁶ 6-7⁴ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Jc AragoneAragone (7-5 7-6³) – See score progression
• Denis IstominIstomin – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Brayden SchnurSchnur (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Bradley KlahnKlahn – Sebastian KordaKorda (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Bradley KlahnKlahn – Steve JohnsonJohnson (1-0) – See H2H details
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Raymond SarmientoSarmiento (0-0) – See H2H details
• Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Denis IstominIstomin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – See H2H details