TENNIS SCORES. Tomas Berdych tops Seppi in the 1st round in Salem Open

WINSTON-SALEM OPEN - WINSTON-SALEM. Berdych wins against Seppi to take on Filip Krajinovic in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Berdych vs. Andreas Seppi

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

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