TENNIS SCORES. Bedene surprises Paire in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open

Aljaz Bedene surprises Benoit Paire 4-6 6-7³ 6-2 7-5 7-6⁴ in the 2^nd round in New York on Thursday. Bedene will seek to keep on going in this event against Alexander Zverev in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Benoit conquered in the 9^th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

The French Player won the set after he broke Bedene in the 11^th (6-5) game. The Slovenian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 12^th (6-6) game. However, Paire kept the focus before winning the set at the following breaker at 3.

Paire failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.

3^rd set.

Bedene had a great start in this set after breaking Paire in the 1^st game (1-0). The Slovenian managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Benoit in the 7^th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

4^th set.

Aljaz won the set after he broke the French Player in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. That break was the key and it was sufficient for the Slovenian to conquer the set because he didn’t drop his serve during the rest of the set.

Paire lost the 9^th game (4-5) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.

Benoit lost the plot in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).

5^th set.

The 5^th set random the decider was a sheer thriller.

Paire enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Bedene in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, the Slovenian succeeded in coming back to break the French Player in the 7^th (3-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.

Statistics

After this contest, the head to head between Bedene and Paire is 2-4 for Benoit.

Highlights Aljaz Bedene vs. Benoit Paire U.S. Open – New York

Next Match: Aljaz Bedene vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Bedene will play Zverev in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 4^th time that Aljaz Bedene and Alexander Zverev clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Zverev won 6-4 6-1 6-4 in the 1^st round in Melbourne back in January 2019.

Tennis Scores at the Us Open

• Aljaz BedeneBedene – Benoit PairePaire (4-6 6-7³ 6-2 7-5 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Pablo AndujarAndujar – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-2 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (4-6 6-3 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Jeremy ChardyChardy (6-4 6-3 6-7³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-5 7-6⁵ 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Hugo DellienDellien (6-3 7-5 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Hyeon ChungChung – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (1-6 2-6 7-5 6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (6-4 7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 3-6 6-2 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-4 6-7³ 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Lucas PouillePouille (6-4 6-3 6-7⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-2 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Paolo LorenziLorenzi – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-6¹¹ 6-7² 7-6² 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-3 6-7⁴ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Antoine HoangHoang (6-4 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Feliciano LopezLopez – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-7⁷ 6-0 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (6-7³ 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 7-6⁴ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (3-6 7-6³ 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-7³ 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (2-6 7-5 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Christian GarinGarin (6-3 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Denis KudlaKudla – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-5 7-5 0-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Marius CopilCopil (6-3 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Bradley KlahnKlahn (6-2 4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (3-6 6-2 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Borna CoricCoric (w/o) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-4 7-6³ 6-1) – See score progression
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Gilles SimonSimon (6-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (w/o) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Andrey RublevRublev – Gilles SimonSimon (0-0) – See H2H details
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Rafael NadalNadal (0-1) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Denis KudlaKudla (1-0) – See H2H details
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (3-0) – See H2H details
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – See H2H details
• Feliciano LopezLopez – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-0) – See H2H details
• Roger FedererFederer – Daniel EvansEvans (2-0) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – David GoffinGoffin (1-0) – See H2H details
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-0) – See H2H details
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Pablo AndujarAndujar – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Aljaz BedeneBedene (3-0) – See H2H details
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (0-0) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – Marin CilicCilic (3-8) – See H2H details