John Millman defeats Fernando Verdasco 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Cologne on Tuesday. Millman will have to play Alexander Zverev in the 2nd round.
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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Australian conquered in the 9th game (5-4) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
The Australian missed the opportunity to break the Spaniard in the 1st game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Australian converted 9% of his break points (1/11). He had 11 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Fernando was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 86 points. The Australian conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Verdasco (47-39). The Australian dropped 8 points on serve (22-8). On the losing side, the Spaniard conceded 25 points on serve (31-25).
Millman enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Verdasco in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Yet, that was not enough for the Australian to win the set as the Spaniard succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (1-5) game.
The Australian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 40.
An important stage of this set was when the Australian won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Australian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 0-40). On the other side, the Spaniard converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had his opportunities in the 6th (0-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 59 points. The Australian won 13 points more than Fernando (36-23). The Australian conceded 15 points on serve (20-15). on the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 16 points on serve (8-16).
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 83 points vs. Verdasco’s 62.
Millman served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (31/39) behind his first serve. However he won only 42% points (11/26) on his second serve. Millman won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Spaniard was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Millman and Verdasco is 1-1.
Highlights John Millman vs. Fernando Verdasco bett1HULKS Championships – Cologne
Draw and next match H2H: John Millman vs. Alexander Zverev – stats
Millman will come up against Zverev in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that John Millman and Alexander Zverev face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played, Zverev won 7-64 6-3 2-6 6-75 6-3 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2019.
Tennis Scores in Cologne
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- John MillmanMillman – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Dennis NovakNovak (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-1 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Sumit NagalNagal (4-6 7-64 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Marin CilicCilic (7-63 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Gilles SimonSimon – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
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- Oscar OtteOtte – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-0) – H2H details and stats
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