John Isner beats Majchrzak in the 2nd round of the Hall of Fame Open

John Isner gets by Kamil Majchrzak 6-4 6-7⁵ 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Newport on Wednesday. Isner will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Matthew Ebden in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Isner conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Majchrzak in the 1^st game (1-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Isner to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.

2^nd set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Majchrzak won the tiebreak at 5.

3^rd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the American conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

At the end of the match, the American scored 94 points vs. Kamil’s 90 points.

John served very well to win 75% of the points (49/65) behind his first serve, and he won 66% points (23/35) on his second serve. John fired 25 aces and he committed 3 double faults. John was absolutely great in converting all the break points (2/2). On the other side, Majchrzak wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Isner and Majchrzak is 1-0 for John.

Next Match: John Isner vs. Matthew Ebden – H2H and stats

Isner will come up against Ebden in the quarter.

This will be the 6^th time that John Isner and Matthew Ebden fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Isner (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on grass.

The last time that they squared off, Isner won 6-4 6-7⁶ 6-1 in the semifinal in Atlanta back in 2018.