TENNIS SCORES. Mitchell Krueger dispatches Clarke in the qualifications of the U.S. Open

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Krueger downs Clarke to fight against Egor Gerasimov in the qualifications

Mitchell Krueger bests Jay Clarke 6-72 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in New York on Tuesday. Krueger will clash against Egor Gerasimov in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Clarke had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Krueger in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. However, there was more work to do for Clarke to win the set since the American found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) and in the 10th (5-5) game. The Brit maintained his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 2.

A crucial moment of the match was when Jay won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

2nd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Mitchell conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

3rd set.

Similarly to the 2nd set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Krueger conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the American scored 106 points vs. Clarke’s 94 points.

Krueger served extremely well to win 76% of the points (37/49) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (27/46) on his second serve. Mitchell won this match even if he was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points because he converted only 36% (4/11). On the other side, Clarke was battling in converting his break points because he converted only 29% of his break points (2/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Krueger and Clarke is 1-0 for Mitchell.

Next Match: Mitchell Krueger vs. Egor Gerasimov – stats

Krueger will take on Gerasimov in the qualifications.

This will be the 2nd time that Mitchell Krueger and Egor Gerasimov face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Krueger (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Krueger won 7-5 6-4 in the qualifications in US Open back in 2017.

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