TENNIS SCORES. Pella survives Ruud in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open

Guido Pella survives Casper Ruud 7-5 7-6⁴ in the 1^st round in Cincinnati on Monday after winning a huge battle. Pella will seek to keep on going in this event against David Goffin in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Guido won the set after he broke the Norwegian in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. The Norwegian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10^th (5-5) game. Yet, Pella managed to stay calm and finish the job before winning the set 7-5.

2^nd set.

Pella commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Ruud in the 1^st game (1-0). However, there was more work to do for Guido to win the set as Ruud found the way to break back in the 4^th (2-2) game. Guido kept his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Argentine scored 85 points vs. Casper’s 81 points.

Pella was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5). On the other side, Ruud was struggling in converting his break points since he converted only 18% of his break points (2/11). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Pella and Ruud is 2-0 for Guido.

Next Match: Guido Pella vs. David Goffin – H2H and stats

Pella will fight against Goffin in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Guido Pella and David Goffin square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Goffin (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Pella won 6-4 7-6⁴ in the 1^st round in Montreal back in August 2019.