THE NEWPORT BEACH CHALLENGER RESULTS. Thai Kwiatkowski stuns Johnson in the semifinal

NEWPORT BEACH CHALLENGER RESULTS. Kwiatkowski surprises Johnson to take on Daniel Elahi Galan in the final

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Thai Kwiatkowski vs. Steve Johnson

Thai Kwiatkowski shocks Steve Johnson 3-6 7-64 6-1 in the semifinal in on Saturday. Kwiatkowski will have to play Daniel Elahi Galan in the final.

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 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

2nd set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Kwiatkowski won the breaker at 4.

3rd set.

Kwiatkowski started the set in the best possible way after breaking Johnson in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Thai managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Johnson in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

An important stage of this contest was when Kwiatkowski won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Thai scored 106 points vs. Steve’s 92 points.

Thai served pretty well to win 88% of the points (45/51) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (15/27) on his second serve. Kwiatkowski struck 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Kwiatkowski won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 27% (3/11). On the other side, Johnson had some problems converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kwiatkowski and Johnson is 1-0.

Next Match H2H: Thai Kwiatkowski vs. Daniel Elahi Galan – stats

Kwiatkowski will come up against Elahi Galan in the final.

There is no head to head record between Thai Kwiatkowski and Daniel Elahi Galan since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Newport Beach Challenger

Upcoming matches

  • Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (0-0) – See H2H details