TENNIS SCORES. Kudla stuns Lajovic in the 2nd round in New York

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Kudla surprises Lajovic to square off with Novak Djokovic in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Dusan Lajovic

Denis Kudla stuns Dusan Lajovic 7-5 7-5 0-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. Kudla will engage against Novak Djokovic in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Denis won the set after he broke Dusan in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Dusan tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Anyhow, Denis refused to give way before winning the set 7-5.

2nd set.

Kudla won the set after he broke Dusan in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Dusan tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, Denis didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 7-5.

3rd set.

This was a one way set after the Serbian conceded no games to Kudla before winning the set 6-0.

4th set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Denis conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

Kudla wasted a good opportunity to break Lajovic in the 2nd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Denis scored 128 points vs. Lajovic’s 122 points.

The American blasted 10 aces and he committed 8 double faults. Denis won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points since he converted only 42% (5/12). On the other side, the Serbian was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (5/10). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Kudla and Lajovic is 2-1 for Denis.

Highlights Denis Kudla vs. Dusan Lajovic U.S. Open – New York

Next Match: Denis Kudla vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

Kudla will square off with Djokovic in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Denis Kudla and Novak Djokovic clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Djokovic won 6-3 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in London back in July 2019.

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