TENNIS SCORES. Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes gets by Horansky in the qualifications in New York

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes downs Horansky to take on Sumit Nagal in the qualifications

Joao Menezes gets by Filip Horansky 4-6 6-1 6-2 in the qualifications in New York on Tuesday. Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes will square off with Sumit Nagal in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Horansky conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

2nd set.

Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes was too strong to drop just 1 game before breaking the Slovakian 2 times and win the set 6-1.

Horansky had no answers in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

3rd set.

Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Horansky in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Joao improved his lead after breaking Horansky in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of the match was when Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Brazilian scored 86 points vs. the Slovakian’s 65 points.

Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes won this match even if he was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (4/10). On the other side, the Slovakian was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 20% of his break points (1/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes and Horansky is 1-0 for Joao.

Next Match: Joao Menezes vs. Sumit Nagal – stats

Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes will come up against Nagal in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Joao Menezes and Sumit Nagal since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

The last time that they squared off, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes won 5-7 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Samarkand Challenger back in May 2019.

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