John Isner will clash against Roberto Bautista Agut at the Miami Open strong of a 3-1 H2H record against the Spaniard no.2. It’s worth noticing that the last time that John and Roberto faced each other, it was in the quarters in Miami back in 2019 when Isner won 7-6(1) 7-6(5) after firing 24 aces!
Isner is playing also playing to remain the American no.1. If he loses against Roberto, it will be Taylor Fritz the new leader of American tennis on the ATP Tour.
Here the stats and an amazing shot from Isner during their last meeting in Florida. Of course, there were no breaks in that match.
HOT SHOT
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Isner scored 80 points vs. Bautista-Agut’s 77.
Isner
The American served very well to win 79% of the points (48/61) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (12/21) on his second serve. The American struck 24 aces and he committed 1 double fault. John wasn’t able to conquer any break point to conquer the match only at the breakers.
Bautista-Agut
On the other side, Bautista-Agut wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Isner and Bautista-Agut is 3-1 for John.
Live score progression and stats
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. John had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-1.
Tiebreak
John won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
Isner wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 40-A). On the other side, John didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 76 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Isner won just 2 points more than the Spaniard (39-37). The American surrendered 10 points on serve (29-10). On the losing side, the Spaniard conceded 10 points on serve (27-10).
Also during this set, both players traded service holds in this set to set up a tiebreak. Eventually, Isner won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Isner won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3), 5th (2-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Bautista-Agut won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 3rd (3-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
They contested 82 points. This set was so close that, John won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. John conceded 13 points on serve (31-13). on the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 10 points on serve (28-10).
