Die-hard Jo-Wilfried Tsonga survives Schnur in the 1st round in Washington

CITI OPEN - WASHINGTON. Tsonga survives Schnur to fight against Karen Khachanov in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Brayden Schnur

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga survives Brayden Schnur 6-4 7-62 in the 1st round in Washington on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Tsonga will play against Karen Khachanov in the 2nd round.

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 the French Player conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

2nd set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, the French Player won the breaker at 2.

At the end of the match, the French Player scored 70 points vs. Schnur’s 59 points.

The French Player served pretty well to win 88% of the points (37/42) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (10/19) on his second serve. Tsonga fired 18 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Jo-Wilfried won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 25% (1/4). On the other side, Schnur wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Tsonga and Schnur is 1-0 for Jo-Wilfried.

Next Match: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Karen Khachanov – H2H and stats

Tsonga will play Khachanov in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Karen Khachanov fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Tsonga (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Tsonga won 6-72 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Vienna back in 2017.