Jiri Vesely stuns Zverev in the 1st round in Wimbledon

LONDON. Vesely stuns Zverev to square off with Pablo Cuevas in the 2nd round

Jiri Vesely in London

Jiri Vesely upsets Alexander Zverev 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in London on Monday.

Match Report, stats, and key facts

1st set.

There was not much difference between these 2 in the 1st set. Eventually, the German conquered the decisive break in the 10th game (6-4).

Jiri lost the 10th game (6-4) when he was serving and leading 40-0.

2nd set.

Vesely won the set after he broke Alexander in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. That was enough for Vesely to win the set since he didn’t drop his serve during the set.

3rd set.

Vesely got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Zverev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Vesely increased his lead later on after breaking Alexander in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.

Alexander lost the 2nd game (2-0) when he was serving and leading 40-0.

4th set.

Once again both players stayed on serve until the very end of the set until Jiri conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

At the end of the match, Vesely scored 125 points vs. the German’s 106 points.

The Czech served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (63/79) behind his first serve, and he won 51% points (20/39) on his second serve. Vesely was pretty focused in converting 63% of the break points that he conquered (5/8) of them.

On the other side, the German was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 14% of his break points (1/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Vesely and Zverev is 1-0 for Jiri.

Highlights Jiri Vesely vs. Alexander Zverev Wimbledon – London

Prediction and head to head Jiri Vesely vs. Pablo Cuevas

Vesely will come up against Cuevas in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Jiri Vesely and Pablo Cuevas face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cuevas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Cuevas won 6-4 3-6 7-5 in the 1st round in Sao Paulo back in 2015.

Jiri Vesely in London

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