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Tennis | Roland Garros 2021 | Evans kicks off Roland Garros campaign against Kecmanovic

Tony Fairbairn

Tennis

May 29, 2021

Dan Evans [25] v Miomir Kecmanovic
H2H: First Meeting

PARIS, FRANCE – Dan Evans will kick of his Roland Garros campaign against Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic.

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Dan Evans [25] v Miomir Kecmanovic H2H & Match Fundamentals

Dan Evans [25] v Miomir Kecmanovic	H2H: First Meeting
Roland Garros	Paris, France
Clay (O)	Prize Money: €60,000
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Dan Evans will look to bounce back from an early Rome exit to Taylor Fritz by overcoming Miomir Kecmanovic in his first match at Roland Garros.

Tale of the Tape – Key Stats (2021 – Clay)

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H2H:	Dan Evans (WR 27)	Miomir Kecmanovic (WR 48)
Tournament Previous Best	R1 (2017, 2019, 2020)	R2 (2019)
1^st Serve %	64.9	63.5
Service Games Won %	78	68
Break Points Saved %	69.1	54
2^nd Serve Return Points Won %	48.6	47.6
Break Points Converted %	46.8	37.5

Evans is comfortably the better player statistically in all areas of his game and with the Serbian losing in the first round of his last three tournaments, confidence will play a big part in this match.

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Playing Styles and Prediction

Kecmanovic is a player who has a big game on paper with his serve and forehand doing a lot of damage when it’s on form. However the World No. 48 has not managed to put it together with the Serb only managing two wins on this surface from five tournaments this season.

Tactically Evans’s slice will do a lot of damage against the Serb and in a best of five set match overall you would expect the Brit to be able to reign in his aggression more to dictate the tempo of the match.

Prediction: Evans in four sets.