Die-hard Querrey survives Sandgren in the 4th round in London

Sam Querrey survives Tennys Sandgren 6-4 6-7⁷ 7-6³ 7-6⁵ in the 4^th round in London on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Querrey will play Rafael Nadal in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Sam conquered in the 10^th game (6-4).

2^nd set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Sandgren won the tiebreak at 7.

3^rd set.

Also in this set, there was no difference between these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Querrey won the breaker at 3.

4^th set.

Also in this set, nothing could divide these 2 players and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Querrey won the tiebreak at 5.

At the end of the match, the American scored 151 points vs. Sandgren’s 144 points.

Querrey served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (80/96) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (30/50) on his second serve. Querrey fired 25 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Sam won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points because he converted only 20% (1/5). On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Querrey and Sandgren is 1-0 for Sam.

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Next Match: Sam Querrey vs. Rafael Nadal – H2H and stats

Querrey will come up against Nadal in the quarter.

This will be the 6^th time that Sam Querrey and Rafael Nadal play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they competed against each other, Querrey won 6-3 7-6³ in the final in Acapulco back in 2017.