Tomas Berdych tops Andreas Seppi 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Salem Open on Sunday. Berdych will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Filip Krajinovic in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Berdych enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Seppi in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Czech extended his lead after breaking Seppi in the 4th (4-0) game before managing to win the set (6-1).
Seppi lost the 4th game (4-0) when he was comfortably leading 40-0.
A crucial moment of the match was when the Czech won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
2nd set.
Seppi had a favorable start in this set after breaking Berdych in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for the Italian to win the set since Tomas found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game.
A crucial moment of the match was when Seppi won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
3rd set.
Berdych had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Seppi in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Berdych to win the set as the Italian managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Tomas maintained his focus to break Seppi in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Tomas scored 85 points vs. Seppi’s 72 points.
Berdych served pretty well to win 75% of the points (36/48) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 47% points (14/30) on his second serve. Tomas won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points because he converted only 38% (5/13). On the other side, the Italian was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 38% of his break points (3/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Berdych and Seppi is 9-2 for Tomas.
Next Match: Tomas Berdych vs. Filip Krajinovic – stats
Berdych will play Krajinovic in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Tomas Berdych and Filip Krajinovic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Berdych (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Berdych won 7-63 6-75 7-5 in the quarter in Montpellier back in February 2019.
Tennis Scores in Salem Open
- Prajnesh GunneswaranPrajnesh – Cedrik-Marcel StebeCedrik-Marcel (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas BerdychTomas – Andreas SeppiAndreas (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisLloyd – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarJaume (7-65 4-6 6-1) – 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
Upcoming matches
- Pablo AndujarPablo – Nicolas JarryNicolas (0-1) – See H2H details
- Thomas FabbianoThomas – Andrey RublevAndrey (1-0) – See H2H details
- Amir WeintraubAmir – Bjorn FratangeloBjorn (0-1) – 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
- Tennys SandgrenTennys – Andy MurrayAndy (0-0) – See H2H details
- Filip KrajinovicFilip – Tomas BerdychTomas (0-1) – See H2H details
- Pablo Carreno-BustaPablo – Marius CopilMarius (1-0) – See H2H details
- Raymond SarmientoRaymond – Jeremy ChardyJeremy (0-0) – See H2H details
- Thiago Moura MonteiroThiago – Alexei PopyrinAlexei (0-0) – See H2H details
- Marcos GironMarcos – Roberto Carballes BaenaRoberto (0-0) – See H2H details
- Marco CecchinatoMarco – Alexander BublikAlexander (0-0) – See H2H details
- Duckhee LeeDuckhee – Henri LaaksonenHenri (0-0) – See H2H details
- Antoine HoangAntoine – Damir DzumhurDamir (1-0) – See H2H details
- Casper RuudCasper – Lloyd HarrisLloyd (0-0) – See H2H details
