John Millman stuns Hugo Gaston 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Salem Open on Sunday after playing a superlative match to square off with Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.
Millman added to his prize money $ 2,515 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 6,420 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 4,505 to his earnings to get in total $ 10,925 in total.
Highlights John Millman vs. Hugo Gaston Winston-Salem Open – Winston-Salem
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, John scored 66 points vs. Gaston’s 53.
Millman
John won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Gaston
On the other side, the French player was struggling when converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Millman and Gaston is 1-0 for John.
Draw and next match H2H: John Millman vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas – stats
Millman will come up against Ramos-Vinolas in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that John Millman and Albert Ramos-Vinolas square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Millman (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Millman had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Hugo Gaston in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, there was more to do for John to win the set because Gaston succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Australian kept his focus to break the French player in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Millman converted 30% of his break points (3/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Hugo converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (0-2 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 71 points. Millman won 7 points more than the French player (39-32). The Australian lost 17 points on serve (21-17). On the losing side, the French player conceded 18 points on serve (15-18).
Millman had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Hugo Gaston in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for the Australian to win the set since the French player managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. The Australian kept his focus to break the French player in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Australian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Gaston was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-3 15-40).
They played 48 points. Millman was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Gaston (27-21). Millman lost 10 points on serve (17-10). on the other side of the court, Hugo conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
Tennis Scores in Salem Open
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