Joao Menezes annihilates Joao Pedro Sorgi 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in the Sao Paulo Challenger on Tuesday in what was an all-Brazilian affair after playing a tremendous match to square off with Chun Hsin Tseng in the 2nd round.
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Menezes was too strong to concede barely 1 game before breaking Joao 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Joao was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Menezes was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Menezes didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 33 points. Joao was the one to win the set after conquering 17 more points than Joao (25-8). Menezes was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). on the other side of the court, Joao conceded 9 points on serve (6-9).
Menezes didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Pedro Sorgi in the 1st game (1-0). Joao improved his lead after breaking Joao in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Joao was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Joao converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Pedro Sorgi was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 46 points. Joao was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Pedro Sorgi (29-17). Joao dropped 8 points on serve (15-8). On the losing side, Joao conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
Menezes will add to his prize money $ 340 after winning this match. He has won already $ 860 after this win. If he wins the next match, Menezes will add $ 600 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,460 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Joao scored 54 points vs. Pedro Sorgi’s 25.
Joao served pretty well to win 91% of the points (21/23) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (10/18) on his second serve. Joao was pretty good at converting 83% of the break points that he conquered (5/6). On the other side, Joao wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Menezes and Pedro Sorgi is 2-1 for Joao.
Draw and next match H2H: Joao Menezes vs. Chun Hsin Tseng – stats
Menezes will face Hsin Tseng in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Joao Menezes and Chun Hsin Tseng fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hsin Tseng (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Hsin Tseng won 4-6 7-69 6-2 in the 2nd round in Turkey F7 (Antalya) back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger
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- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Emilio GomezGomez (5-7 6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
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- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Benjamin LockLock (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Christian LindellLindell – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-2 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez (6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
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