
Maxime Cressy bests Steve Johnson 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Newport on Thursday in what was an all-American contest. Cressy will have to play John Isner in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 25 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the quarter in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Cressy added to his prize money $ 13,050 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 31,035 so far in this event. If he wins the next match, Cressy will add $ 21,755 to his earnings to get in total $ 52,790.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Maxime scored 103 points vs. Steve’s 95.
Cressy
Maxime served exceptionally well to win 90% of the points (55/61) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 49% points (19/39) on his second serve. Cressy struck 27 aces and he committed 12 double faults. Maxime didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4).
Johnson
On the other side, Steve wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Cressy and Johnson is 1-0 for Maxime.
Draw and next match H2H: Maxime Cressy vs. John Isner – stats
Cressy will play Isner in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Maxime Cressy and John Isner clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cressy (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Cressy won 7-62 7-5 6-74 6-74 6-4 in the 1st round in Australian open back in January 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, Johnson won the breaker at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Johnson won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Maxime won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (1-5) and 7th (2-5) point.
Johnson won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Johnson was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Johnson didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 88 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Steve won just 2 more points than Maxime (45-43). Johnson lost 12 points on serve (30-12). on the other side of the net, Maxime conceded 15 points on serve (31-15).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Maxime conquered in the 9th game (5-4) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
Maxime converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Johnson wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 60 points. Maxime conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Steve (32-28). Maxime surrendered 8 points on serve (22-8). On the other side, Johnson conceded 10 points on serve (20-10).
Cressy had a racing start in this set after breaking Steve Johnson in the 1st game (1-0). That break was crucial for Maxime to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Cressy was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40). On the other side, Cressy didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. Maxime conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Johnson (28-22). Cressy was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (21-4). On the other side, Johnson conceded 7 points on serve (18-7).
Tennis Scores in Newport
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- Alexander BublikBublik – Andy MurrayMurray (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-73 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Benjamin BonziBonzi (7-62 6-76 7-65) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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