TENNIS SCORES. Pospisil stuns Khachanov in the 1st round of the U.S. Open

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Pospisil surprises Khachanov to compete against Tennys Sandgren in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Vasek Pospisil vs. Karen Khachanov

Vasek Pospisil upsets Karen Khachanov 4-6 7-5 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday. Pospisil will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Tennys Sandgren in the 2nd 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 Khachanov conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

2nd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Canadian conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

3rd set.

Pospisil won the set after he broke the Russian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Karen tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Yet, Vasek didn’t lose the lead before winning the set 7-5.

4th set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Karen conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

5th set.

Similarly to the 4th set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Pospisil conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

Vasek won this encounter even if he won less points than Karen (156 vs. 164).

Vasek served pretty well to win 77% of the points (80/104) behind his first serve. However he won only 48% points (39/81) on his second serve. The Canadian fired 15 aces and he committed 7 double faults. Pospisil was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6). On the other side, the Russian was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 25% of his break points (3/12). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Pospisil and Khachanov is 1-0 for Vasek.

Highlights Vasek Pospisil vs. Karen Khachanov U.S. Open – New York

Next Match: Vasek Pospisil vs. Tennys Sandgren – stats

Pospisil will square off with Sandgren in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Vasek Pospisil and Tennys Sandgren fight 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 locked horns, Pospisil won 7-61 6-2 in the qualifications in Beijing back in 2018.

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