Tennys Sandgren outlasts Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1-6 6-72 6-4 7-65 7-5 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Sandgren is going to play against Vasek Pospisil in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Tsonga conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Sandgren in the 1st game (1-0). Jo-Wilfried improved his lead after breaking Sandgren in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

Tennys was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-1 to 6-1).

2nd set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, the French Player won the breaker at 2.

3rd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Sandgren conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

4th set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Tennys won the tiebreak at 5.

Tennys missed the chance to break Jo-Wilfried in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

5th set.

The 5th set random the deciding set was a thriller.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the American conquered in the 11th game (6-5) before winning the set (7-5).

Statistics

The American won this contest even if he won less points than Tsonga (159 vs. 167).

The American served pretty well to win 78% of the points (80/103) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (29/53) on his second serve. Sandgren struck 13 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The American won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points because he converted only 18% (2/11). On the other side, Jo-Wilfried was struggling in converting his break points since he converted only 38% of his break points (3/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Sandgren and Tsonga is 1-0 for Tennys.

Highlights Tennys Sandgren vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga U.S. Open – New York

Next Match: Tennys Sandgren vs. Vasek Pospisil – stats

Sandgren will come up against Pospisil in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Tennys Sandgren and Vasek Pospisil clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Pospisil (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Pospisil won 7-61 6-2 in the qualifications in Beijing back in 2018.

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