Mischa Zverev survives Tim Smyczek 6-3 7-64 in the 1st round in Newport on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Zverev will play Guido Andreozzi in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Zverev had a strong start of this set after breaking Smyczek in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was enough for Mischa to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
2nd set.
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, the German won the tiebreak at 4.
At the end of the match, Mischa scored 76 points vs. the American’s 65 points.
Mischa served pretty well to win 77% of the points (41/53) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (14/21) on his second serve. The German was pretty effective in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (1/2). On the other side, Smyczek wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Smyczek is 3-0 for Mischa.
Next Match: Mischa Zverev vs. Guido Andreozzi – H2H and stats
Zverev will play Andreozzi in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Mischa Zverev and Guido Andreozzi since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
