Tsonga surprises Khachanov in the 2nd round in Washington

CITI OPEN - WASHINGTON. Tsonga shocks Khachanov to fight against Kyle Edmund in the 3rd round

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga shocks Karen Khachanov 6-4 2-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Washington on Tuesday. Tsonga will engage against Kyle Edmund in the 3rd 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 Tsonga conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

2nd set.

The Russian in this set was too good for Jo-Wilfried and consequentely he won 6-2 after breaking Jo-Wilfried in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

A crucial moment of the match was when Karen won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

3rd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the French Player conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

The French Player won this match even if he conquered less points than Karen (90 vs. 93).

Jo-Wilfried served pretty well to win 80% of the points (47/59) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 45% points (15/33) on his second serve. Jo-Wilfried struck 13 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Jo-Wilfried won this match even if he had some problems in converting his break points since he converted only 22% (2/9). On the other side, Khachanov was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Tsonga and Khachanov is 3-0 for Jo-Wilfried.

Highlights Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Karen Khachanov Citi Open – Washington

Next Match: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Kyle Edmund – H2H and stats

Tsonga will face Edmund in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Kyle Edmund play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsonga (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Tsonga won 7-66 6-3 in the 2nd round in Marrakech back in April 2019.