Jiri Vesely stuns Zverev in the 1st round in Wimbledon

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

Match Report, stats, and key facts

1^st set.

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

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

2^nd set.

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

3^rd set.

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

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

4^th set.

Once again both players stayed on serve until the very end of the set until Jiri conquered in the 12^th 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 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd 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 1^st round in Sao Paulo back in 2015.