Joao Sousa downs Elias Ymer 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Bastad on Thursday. Sousa will clash against Federico Delbonis in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Elias conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
2nd set.
Sousa had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Ymer in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Sousa to win the set because Ymer managed to break back in the 8th (3-5) game.
A crucial moment of the match was when Joao won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
3rd set.
The Portuguese in this set was too strong for the Swede and therefore he won 6-2 after breaking the Swede in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Ymer was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).
At the end of the match, Joao scored 98 points vs. the Swede’s 91 points.
Joao won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points because he converted only 29% (4/14). On the other side, Ymer was battling in converting his break points because he converted only 33% of his break points (2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Sousa and Ymer is 3-0 for Joao.
Next Match: Joao Sousa vs. Federico Delbonis – H2H and stats
Sousa will fight against Delbonis in the quarter.
This will be the 6th time that Joao Sousa and Federico Delbonis clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Sousa (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Sousa won 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in Sao Paulo back in 2017.
