TENNIS SCORES. Ward shocks Li in the qualifications in New York

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Ward upsets Li to come up against Marco Trungelliti in the qualifications

Prediction and head to head James Ward vs. Zhe Li

James Ward shocks Zhe Li 7-65 6-3 in the qualifications in New York on Tuesday. Ward will face off with Marco Trungelliti in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

James won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Ward broke back in the 4th (2-2) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 5.

2nd set.

Ward didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Li in the 1st game (1-0). Ward reinforced his lead after breaking the Chinese in the 9th (6-3) game before managing to win the set.

Statistics

At the end of the match, James scored 71 points vs. Li’s 61 points.

Ward served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (28/37) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (17/28) on his second serve. The Brit was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5). On the other side, the Chinese was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Ward and Li is 1-0 for James.

Next Match: James Ward vs. Marco Trungelliti – stats

Ward will compete against Trungelliti in the qualifications.

This will be the 3rd time that James Ward and Marco Trungelliti square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Ward and Trungelliti (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Trungelliti won 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the qualifications in Melbourne back in January 2019.

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