TENNIS SCORES. Steadfast Gilles Simon survives Fratangelo in the 1st round of the U.S. Open

Gilles Simon outlasts Bjorn Fratangelo 5-7 7-5 7-5 7-5 in the 1^st round in New York on Tuesday after winning a huge battle. Simon will square off with Andrey Rublev in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Fratangelo conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5^th (2-3) game, The American broke back in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 12^th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

2^nd set.

Simon won the set after he broke the American in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Fratangelo tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10^th (5-5) game. Yet, Gilles kept the focus before winning the set 7-5.

3^rd set.

Fratangelo started the set strong after breaking Simon in the 2^nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, Gilles managed to stage a good comeback to break Bjorn 4 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 7^th (4-3), in the 9^th (5-4) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

Gilles failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.

The American lost the 11^th game (6-5) when he had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.

4^th set.

Gilles won the set after he broke Fratangelo in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Fratangelo tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10^th (5-5) game. Anyhow, the French Player didn’t lose the lead before winning the set 7-5.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Simon scored 182 points vs. the American’s 169 points.

Gilles won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points because he converted only 36% (9/25). On the other side, Bjorn had a tough time in converting his break points as he converted only 30% of his break points (7/23). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Simon and Fratangelo is 2-1 for Gilles.

Highlights Gilles Simon vs. Bjorn Fratangelo U.S. Open – New York

Next Match: Gilles Simon vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

Simon will square off with Rublev in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Gilles Simon and Andrey Rublev since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

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