John Isner survives Evgeny Donskoy 7-5 3-6 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Los Cabos on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Isner will clash against Alex Bolt in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes.
Highlights John Isner vs. Evgeny Donskoy Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel – Los Cabos
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 99 points vs. the Russian’s 90.
Isner
John served exceptionally well to win 91% of the points (50/55) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (19/30) on his second serve. The American struck 25 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Isner won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.
Donskoy
On the other side, Evgeny was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Isner and Donskoy is 2-1 for John.
Draw and next match H2H: John Isner vs. Alex Bolt – stats
Isner will face Bolt in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between John Isner and Alex Bolt since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the American snatched in the 11th game (6-5) just before finally conquering the set (7-5).
Isner was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, John didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 66 points. Isner won 8 more points than Donskoy (37-29). John surrendered 7 points on serve (24-7). on the other side of the court, Evgeny conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Evgeny snatched in the 6th game (4-2) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
They contested 46 points. Donskoy conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the American (27-19). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (20-3). on the other side of the net, Isner conceded 7 points on serve (16-7).
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, the American won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
John won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Donskoy won a minibreak in the 5th (3-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
They contested 75 points. John conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Donskoy (42-33). John was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (28-2). On the other side, Evgeny conceded 14 points on serve (31-14).
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