Jordan Thompson motors past Denis Kudla 6-1 6-1 in the 2nd round in Dallas on Thursday after playing a marvellous match to fight against Ben Shelton in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 7 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
Jordan added to his prize money $ 9,580 after winning this match. He has already won $ 22,850 after this win. If he wins the next match, Jordan will add $ 16,585 to his earnings to get in total $ 39,435 in total.
Highlights Jordan Thompson vs. Denis Kudla Dallas Open – Dallas
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 57 points vs. Denis’s 28.
Thompson
Thompson served very well to win 76% of the points (26/34) behind his first serve, and he won 70% points (7/10) on his second serve. Thompson was sharp when converting 63% of the break points that he procured (5/8).
Kudla
On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Thompson and Kudla is 5-2 for Jordan.
Draw and next match H2H: Jordan Thompson vs. Ben Shelton – stats
Thompson will compete against Shelton in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Jordan Thompson and Ben Shelton fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Thompson took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Denis Kudla in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Thompson reinforced his lead after breaking Kudla in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
The American couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-1 to 6-1.
Jordan was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (4-1 15-40) and the 8th game (6-0 0-40). On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They played 41 points. Jordan won 19 points more than Denis (30-11). Jordan was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (17-4). On the other side, Kudla conceded 13 points on serve (7-13).
Thompson had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Denis Kudla in the 2nd game (2-0). Jordan improved his lead after breaking the American in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Denis was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Thompson converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 44 points. Thompson was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Denis (27-17). The Australian surrendered 7 points on serve (16-7). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).
Tennis Scores in Dallas
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-3 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Denis KudlaKudla (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Taro DanielDaniel (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-63 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Michael MmohMmoh (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Max PurcellPurcell (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – James DuckworthDuckworth (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Marcos GironGiron (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H details and stats