TENNIS SCORES. Strong Kirchheimer stuns Krawietz in the qualifications in Salem Open

Strong Kirchheimer stuns Kevin Krawietz 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in Salem Open on Saturday. Kirchheimer will clash against Damir Dzumhur in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The German won the set after he broke the American in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game. Kirchheimer tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8^th (5-3) game. Notwithstanding, the German refused to give way before winning the set 6-4.

Kevin failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.

A crucial moment of the match was when Kevin won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.

2^nd set.

Strong in this set stepped up in great fashion to overplay Krawietz and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Kevin in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

The German was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

3^rd set.

The American clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Strong broke back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 10^th (6-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Strong scored 85 points vs. the German’s 74 points.

Kirchheimer didn’t lose the focus when converting 63% of the break points that he conquered (5/8). On the other side, Kevin was far from perfect in converting his break points because he converted only 43% of his break points (3/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kirchheimer and Krawietz is 1-0 for Strong.

Next Match: Strong Kirchheimer vs. Damir Dzumhur – stats

Kirchheimer will come up against Dzumhur in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Strong Kirchheimer and Damir Dzumhur since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Salem Open

• Marcos GironMarcos – Roy SmithRoy (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Strong KirchheimerStrong – Kevin KrawietzKevin (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDamir – Kevin KingKevin (6-4 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Petros ChrysochosPetros – Filip PeliwoFilip (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Daniel NguyenDaniel – Marcelo ArevaloMarcelo (6-4 4-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Bjorn FratangeloBjorn – Jurgen MelzerJurgen (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Borna GojoBorna – Taha BaadiTaha (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Raymond SarmientoRaymond – Christopher EubanksChristopher (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression

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