ACAPULCO RESULTS. Immense Edmund blitzes Lopez in the 1st round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel

ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL - ACAPULCO RESULTS. Edmund extinguishes Lopez to square off with Felix Auger Aliassime or Alex Bolt in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Kyle Edmund vs. Feliciano Lopez

Kyle Edmund powers past Feliciano Lopez 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Acapulco on Monday after playing a fantastic match to deal with Felix Auger Aliassime in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Brit conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

2nd set.

Edmund took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Lopez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Edmund managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Feliciano in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

It is worth noting that a key moment of this match was when the Brit won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Edmund scored 63 points vs. the Spaniard’s 38 points.

Kyle served pretty well to win 97% of the points (28/29) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (10/17) on his second serve. Edmund blasted 11 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Brit won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, Lopez wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Edmund and Lopez is 2-0 for Kyle.

Highlights Kyle Edmund vs. Feliciano Lopez Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco

Next Match H2H: Kyle Edmund vs. Felix Auger Aliassime or Alex Bolt – stats

Edmund will face either Felix Auger Aliassime or Alex Bolt in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Felix Auger Aliassime and 1-0 vs. Alex Bolt.

There is no head to head record between Kyle Edmund and Felix Auger Aliassime since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Acapulco

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