Aljaz Bedene upsets Benoit Paire 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Rotterdam on Tuesday. Bedene will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Bedene in this set was too strong for the French Player and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Benoit in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
2nd set.
Bedene had a strong start of this set after breaking Paire in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Anyhow, there was more to do for the Slovenian to win the set because Paire succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (3-5) game.
Bedene was unable to break Paire in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Certainly, a key moment was when the Slovenian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Bedene scored 67 points vs. Benoit’s 49 points.
Bedene served very well to win 81% of the points (26/32) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (8/15) on his second serve. The Slovenian won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 27% (4/15). On the other side, Paire was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Bedene and Paire is 4-4.
Next Match H2H: Aljaz Bedene vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Bedene will play Tsitsipas in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Aljaz Bedene and Stefanos Tsitsipas since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Rotterdam
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-72 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Aljaz BedeneBedene – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-72 6-4) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-5 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 7-61 6-1) – See score progression
- Gilles SimonSimon – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-6(3) 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (2-1) – See H2H details
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Joao SousaSousa (3-1) – See H2H details
- Robin HaaseHaase – David GoffinGoffin (1-6) – See H2H details
- Daniel EvansEvans – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – See H2H details
- Aljaz BedeneBedene – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – See H2H details
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – See H2H details
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Vasek PospisilPospisil (1-0) – See H2H details
- Alexander BublikBublik – Andrey RublevRublev (1-2) – See H2H details
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – See H2H details