Pierre-Hugues Herbert upsets Tennys Sandgren 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Cologne on Tuesday. Herbert is going to play against Jannik Sinner in the 2nd round.
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the French player won the set after he broke Tennys in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Anyhow, Pierre-Hugues maintained the focus to win the set 6-3.
Pierre-Hugues converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Tennys was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-3 15-40).
They contested 47 points. the French player won 7 points more than Sandgren (27-20). the French player surrendered 8 points on serve (17-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Tennys conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Sandgren snatched in the 6th game (4-2) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Sandgren converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 5th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the French player was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 0th (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A and 40-A).
They played 79 points. Tennys was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Herbert (43-36). The American surrendered 18 points on serve (29-18). On the losing side, the French player conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Pierre-Hugues conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Herbert broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game to conquer the set 6-3.
A crucial moment of this set was when the French player won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to bring the game count from 1-2 to 5-2.
the French player converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). In addition on the other side, the American converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 59 points. the French player won 5 points more than the American (32-27). Herbert dropped 12 points on serve (20-12). In addition, on the other side, Tennys conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
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At the end of the match, Herbert scored 95 points vs. Sandgren’s 90.
the French player won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the American had some problems converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Herbert and Sandgren is 1-0 for Pierre-Hugues.
Highlights Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Tennys Sandgren bett1HULKS Championships – Cologne
Draw and next match H2H: Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Herbert will compete against Sinner in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Jannik Sinner since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
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