TENNIS SCORES. Staunch Robin Haase outlasts Kudla in the 1st round in Salem Open

Robin Haase survives Denis Kudla 6-4 7-6³ in the 1^st round in Salem Open on Sunday after conquering a huge battle. Haase will face Joao Sousa in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Haase was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Kudla in the 1^st game (1-0). Robin to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.

2^nd set.

Haase won the set after he broke Denis in the 5^th (3-2) game. Denis tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10^th (5-5) game. Nonetheless, Haase didn’t lose the lead before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 3.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Dutch scored 76 points vs. Kudla’s 67 points.

Robin served very well to win 84% of the points (32/38) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (19/34) on his second serve. Robin fired 17 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Haase was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4). On the other side, Kudla was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Haase and Kudla is 1-0 for Robin.

Next Match: Robin Haase vs. Joao Sousa – stats

Haase will play Sousa in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Robin Haase and Joao Sousa play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Haase and Sousa (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Haase won 4-6 7-5 6-4 in the 1^st round in Halle back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Salem Open

• Prajnesh GunneswaranPrajnesh – Cedrik-Marcel StebeCedrik-Marcel (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Robin HaaseRobin – Denis KudlaDenis (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Marius CopilMarius – Martin KlizanMartin (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Tomas BerdychTomas – Andreas SeppiAndreas (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisLloyd – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarJaume (7-6(5) 4-6 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

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• Thomas FabbianoThomas – Andrey RublevAndrey (1-0) – See H2H details
• Steve JohnsonSteve – Corentin MoutetCorentin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Joao SousaJoao – Robin HaaseRobin (2-2) – See H2H details
• Benoit PaireBenoit – Prajnesh GunneswaranPrajnesh (0-1) – See H2H details
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• Casper RuudCasper – Lloyd HarrisLloyd (0-0) – See H2H details