Sam Querrey upsets Dusan Lajovic 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Eastbourne on Wednesday after playing an incredible match to square off with Fernando Verdasco in the quarter.
Match Reports, stats, and key facts
1st set.
Querrey started off on the right foot after breaking Lajovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0.
Querrey increased his lead later on after breaking Dusan in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.
2nd set.
There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the American conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).
At the end of the match Sam scored 54 points vs. the Serbian’s 32 points.
Querrey served pretty well to win 90% of the points (28/31) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (9/14) on his second serve.The American was pretty effective in converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
After this encounter, the head to head between Querrey and Lajovic is 1-1.
Prediction and head to head Sam Querrey vs. Fernando Verdasco
Querrey will take on Verdasco in the 3rd round.
This will be the 6th time that Sam Querrey and Fernando Verdasco clash against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Querrey (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Querrey won 7-5 2-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Houston back in 2015.
