Alex De Minaur beats Marco Cecchinato 6-0 6-4 7-65 in the 1st round in London on Tuesday .
Match Report, stats, and key facts
1st set.
This set was a no contest after Alex conceded no games to the Italian before winning the set 6-0.
2nd set.
De Minaur started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Cecchinato in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, there was more to do for De Minaur to win the set because Cecchinato found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Alex kept his cool to break Cecchinato in the 10th (6-4) game.
3rd set.
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Alex won the breaker at 5.
At the end of the match, Alex scored 112 points vs. Marco’s 88 points.
De Minaur didn’t lose the concentration in converting 63% of the break points that he conquered (5/8).
On the other side, Marco was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 13% of his break points (1/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between De Minaur and Cecchinato is 2-1 for Alex.
Alex De Minaur vs. Steve Johnson – H2H and stats
De Minaur will fight against Johnson in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Alex De Minaur and Steve Johnson face off. The head to head is 2-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they played, De Minaur won 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in Washington back in 2018.
