THE NEWPORT BEACH CHALLENGER RESULTS. Thai Kwiatkowski shocks Schnur in the 3rd round

Thai Kwiatkowski shocks Brayden Schnur 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the 3^rd round in on Thursday. Kwiatkowski will play against Denis Istomin in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Canadian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, The Canadian broke back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 6^th (4-2) game before winning the set 6-3.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this match was when Brayden won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.

2^nd set.

Kwiatkowski had a racing start in this set after breaking Schnur in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Kwiatkowski to win the set because Brayden managed to break back in the 7^th (3-4) game. The American kept his focus to break the Canadian in the 8^th (5-3) game before managing to win the set (6-3).

3^rd set.

The American in this set was too strong for the Canadian and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking the Canadian in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

The American missed the opportunity to break the Canadian in the 5^th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Thai scored 87 points vs. Brayden’s 79 points.

The American served pretty well to win 83% of the points (30/36) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 47% points (22/47) on his second serve. The American won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (5/17). On the other side, the Canadian was well focused in converting 75% of the break points that he procured points (3/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Kwiatkowski and Schnur is 2-0.

Next Match H2H: Thai Kwiatkowski vs. Denis Istomin – stats

Kwiatkowski will come up against Istomin in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Thai Kwiatkowski and Denis Istomin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Newport Beach Challenger

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