Denis Kudla bests Steve Johnson 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Newport on Monday in what was an all-American match. Kudla will clash against Jenson Brooksby in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2011. Here you can see his history at this event.
Denis added to his prize money $ 3,985 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 10,015 after this win. If he wins the next match, Denis will add $ 5,565 to his earnings to get in total $ 15,580 in total.
Highlights Denis Kudla vs. Steve Johnson Hall of Fame Open – Newport
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Kudla scored 101 points vs. Steve’s 96.
Kudla
Denis was effective at converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Johnson
On the other side, Steve was pretty effective at converting 56% of the break points that he procured points (5/9). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Kudla and Johnson is 2-5 for Steve.
Draw and next match H2H: Denis Kudla vs. Jenson Brooksby – stats
Kudla will come up against Brooksby in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Denis Kudla and Jenson Brooksby face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Brooksby (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Brooksby won 6-3 6-3 in the final in Orlando Challenger back in April 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Denis won the set after he broke Steve 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Steve tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Nevertheless, Denis refused to give way to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 3.
Kudla failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.
Tiebreak
Denis won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Johnson won a minibreak in the 6th (2-4) point.
Kudla won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Denis converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Johnson converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had his opportunities in the 6th
(2-3 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).They played 85 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Denis won barely 1 point more than Johnson (43-42). Denis lost 18 points on serve (23-18). on the other side of the court, Steve conceded 20 points on serve (24-20).
Steve won the set after he broke Denis in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Denis was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
They contested 54 points. Johnson was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Denis (31-23). Steve conceded 8 points on serve (20-8). On the other side, Kudla conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Kudla clinched in the 5th game (3-2) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Denis was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 0-40). On the other side, Johnson wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They played 58 points. Denis was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Johnson (33-25). Denis lost 7 points on serve (22-7). on the other side of the court, Steve conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
Tennis Scores in Newport
- Denis KudlaKudla – Steve JohnsonJohnson (7-63 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Kevin AndersonAnderson – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (5-4 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Jurij RodionovRodionov (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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