TENNIS SCORES. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez shocks Giustino in the qualifications in New York

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Garcia-Lopez upsets Giustino to take on Noah Rubin in the qualifications

Prediction and head to head Guillermo Garcia-Lopez vs. Lorenzo Giustino

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez surprises Lorenzo Giustino 3-6 7-5 6-2 in the qualifications in New York on Tuesday. Garcia-Lopez will face off with Noah Rubin in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Giustino was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Garcia-Lopez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was crucial for Lorenzo to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.

2nd set.

Garcia-Lopez won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Guillermo broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

3rd set.

Garcia-Lopez in this set played a much better tennis than Giustino and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Lorenzo in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

The Italian was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 101 points vs. the Italian’s 87 points.

The Spaniard served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (39/50) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (19/36) on his second serve. The Spaniard won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (4/12). On the other side, Giustino was struggling in converting his break points because he converted only 20% of his break points (2/10). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Garcia-Lopez and Giustino is 2-0 for Guillermo.

Next Match: Guillermo Garcia-Lopez vs. Noah Rubin – stats

Garcia-Lopez will face Rubin in the qualifications.

This will be the 2nd time that Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Noah Rubin face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Garcia-Lopez (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Garcia-Lopez won 6-75 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Houston back in April 2019.

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