Steve Johnson bests Bradley Klahn 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in on Friday. Johnson will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Thai Kwiatkowski in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Steve conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).
2nd set.
Johnson had a favorable start in this set after breaking Klahn in the 1st game (1-0). Johnson managed to boost his lead after breaking Bradley in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Steve scored 69 points vs. Bradley’s 51 points.
Johnson served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (24/30) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (15/24) on his second serve. Steve won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points because he converted only 30% (3/10). On the other side, Klahn wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Johnson and Klahn is 2-0 for Bradley.
Next Match H2H: Steve Johnson vs. Thai Kwiatkowski – stats
Johnson will square off with Kwiatkowski in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Steve Johnson and Thai Kwiatkowski since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Newport Beach Challenger
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Denis IstominIstomin (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Raymond SarmientoSarmiento (6-3 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Bradley KlahnKlahn (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Christopher EubanksEubanks (4-6 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – See H2H details
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (0-0) – See H2H details
