TENNIS SCORES. Die-hard Jiri Vesely survives Sousa in the qualifications of the U.S. Open

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Vesely survives Sousa to square off with Jason Jung in the qualifications

Prediction and head to head Jiri Vesely vs. Pedro Sousa

Jiri Vesely survives Pedro Sousa 6-4 7-5 in the qualifications in New York on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Vesely will clash against Jason Jung in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Vesely enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Sousa in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Jiri to win the set since the Portuguese found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Czech kept his cool to break Pedro in the 10th (6-4) game.

2nd set.

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

Statistics

At the end of the match, Jiri scored 66 points vs. Sousa’s 56 points.

The Czech served very well to win 79% of the points (31/39) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (10/20) on his second serve. The Czech blasted 11 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Vesely was pretty effective in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6). On the other side, Pedro was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Vesely and Sousa is 1-0 for Jiri.

Next Match: Jiri Vesely vs. Jason Jung – stats

Vesely will fight against Jung in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Jiri Vesely and Jason Jung since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

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