Tennys Sandgren extinguishes Adrian Mannarino 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in Newport on Wednesday after playing a good match to face off with Alexander Bublik in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Sandgren won the set after he broke the French Player in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The French Player tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, Sandgren kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-4.
2nd set.
The American won the set after he broke Adrian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game. That break was the key for Tennys to win the set as he didn’t concede his serve in the rest of the set.
Adrian was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).
At the end of the match, Sandgren scored 65
points vs. Mannarino’s 43 points.The American served pretty well to win 90% of the points (26/29) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (9/18) on his second serve. Sandgren won this match even if he had some problems in converting his break points because he converted only 36%
(4/11). On the other side, Adrian was effective in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.After this match, the head to head between Sandgren and Mannarino is 1-1.
Next Match: Tennys Sandgren vs. Alexander Bublik – H2H and stats
Sandgren will square off with Bublik in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Tennys Sandgren and Alexander Bublik fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Sandgren and Bublik (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Sandgren won 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in Eastbourne back in June 2019.