Sam Querrey outlasts Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Salem Open on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Querrey will have to play Andrey Rublev in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Sam conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).
2nd set.
The American won the set after he broke Roberto in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Carballes Baena tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Sam maintained the focus before winning the set 7-5.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the American scored 77 points vs. Carballes Baena’s 58 points.
The American served very well to win 88% of the points (29/33) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (13/22) on his second serve. Sam struck 15 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The American won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 30% (3/10). On the other side, Carballes Baena was remarkable in converting all the break points (1/1). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Querrey and Carballes Baena is 1-0 for Sam.
Next Match: Sam Querrey vs. Andrey Rublev – stats
Querrey will come up against Rublev in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Sam Querrey and Andrey Rublev clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Querrey (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Querrey won 6-3 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Wimbledon back in July 2019.
Tennis Scores in Salem Open
- Denis ShapovalovDenis – Tennys SandgrenTennys (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- John MillmanJohn – Marco CecchinatoMarco (6-75 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Feliciano LopezFeliciano – Pablo AndujarPablo (6-4 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Casper RuudCasper – Lloyd HarrisLloyd (6-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Robin HaaseRobin – Joao SousaJoao (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Benoit PaireBenoit – Prajnesh GunneswaranPrajnesh (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicMiomir – Alexei PopyrinAlexei (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoLorenzo – Damir DzumhurDamir (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaPablo – Marius CopilMarius (6-3 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonSteve – Daniel EvansDaniel (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevAndrey – Albert Ramos-VinolasAlbert (6-75 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertUgo – Bjorn FratangeloBjorn (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeFrances – Jeremy ChardyJeremy (4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Sam QuerreySam – Roberto Carballes BaenaRoberto (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHubert – Duckhee LeeDuckhee (4-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicFilip – Tomas BerdychTomas (3-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Feliciano LopezFeliciano – Hubert HurkaczHubert (0-0) – See H2H details
- Sam QuerreySam – Andrey RublevAndrey (1-0) – See H2H details
- Robin HaaseRobin – John MillmanJohn (0-0) – See H2H details
- Benoit PaireBenoit – Ugo HumbertUgo (0-0) – See H2H details
- Filip KrajinovicFilip – Frances TiafoeFrances (2-0) – See H2H details
- Pablo Carreno-BustaPablo – Lorenzo SonegoLorenzo (0-1) – See H2H details
- Casper RuudCasper – Steve JohnsonSteve (0-0) – See H2H details
- Miomir KecmanovicMiomir – Denis ShapovalovDenis (0-0) – See H2H details