Tenacious Isner outlasts Verdasco in the 1st round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel. HIGHLIGHTS – ACAPULCO RESULTS

ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL - ACAPULCO DRAW AND RESULTS. Isner outlasts Verdasco

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head John Isner vs. Fernando Verdasco

John Isner survives Fernando Verdasco 7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Acapulco on Monday after winning a huge battle. The epic lasted 3 hours and 13 minutes. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2019 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

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John added to his prize money $ 11,450 after winning this match. He has won already $ 24,540 after this win. If he wins the next match, Isner will add $ 21,435 to his earnings to get in total $ 45,975 in total.

Highlights John Isner vs. Fernando Verdasco Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Isner
Verdasco
John Isner
7-5 6-74 7-63
3h:13
Fernando Verdasco
122
122
Total points
117
117
63
63
Winners
59
59
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
29
29
Aces
3
3
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
70%
70%
1st in
62%
62%
78%
78%
1st won
77%
77%
63/81
63/81
1st won
59/77
59/77
56%
56%
2nd won
53%
53%
19/34
19/34
2nd won
25/47
25/47
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
Total
1/5
1/5
29%
29%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Isner scored 122 points vs. the Spaniard’s 117.

Isner

John served extremely well to win 78% of the points (63/81) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (19/34) on his second serve. John fired 29 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Isner won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.

Verdasco

On the other side, the Spaniard was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Isner and Verdasco is 2-1 for John.

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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that John conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

John wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 15-40). On the other side, the Spaniard was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 65 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Isner won just 3 points more than Fernando (34-31). The American dropped 8 points on serve (26-8). In addition, on the other side, Verdasco conceded 8 points on serve (23-8).

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, the Spaniard won the breaker at 7-4.

Tiebreak

Verdasco won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, John won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4) and 10th (4-6) point.

Verdasco won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, John was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 88 points. This set was so close that, Fernando won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. The Spaniard surrendered 17 points on serve (35-17). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 9 points on serve (27-9).

had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Fernando Verdasco in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, Isner managed to stage a good comeback to break Verdasco in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.

Tiebreak

John won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Verdasco won a minibreak in the 3rd (1-2) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3

Isner converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Fernando converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (3-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40).

They played 86 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 2 points more than Verdasco (44-42). The American dropped 16 points on serve (28-16). on the other side of the court, Fernando conceded 16 points on serve (26-16).

 

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