Tim Van Rijthoven overcomes Zhizhen Zhang 3-6 6-7(4) 7-6(9) 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in New York on Monday. Van Rijthoven will fight against Casper Ruud in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 53 minutes.
The Dutch added to his prize money $ 41,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 121,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Dutch will add $ 67,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 188,000 in total.
Highlights Tim Van Rijthoven vs. Zhizhen Zhang U.S. Open – New York
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Van Rijthoven scored 169 points vs. the Chinese’s 165.
Van Rijthoven
Van Rijthoven served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (77/101) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (41/76) on his second serve. The Dutch blasted 26 aces and he committed 13 double faults. Van Rijthoven won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.
Zhang
On the other side, Zhizhen was not so effective in converting his break points (only 15% – 2/13). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Van Rijthoven and Zhang is 2-0 for Tim.
Draw and next match H2H: Tim Van Rijthoven vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Van Rijthoven will face Ruud in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Tim Van Rijthoven and Casper Ruud since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tim had an good ride in the last 2 sets to lose 5 games after winning 60 points vs. Ruud’s 42 points.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Zhang conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Zhang was flawless in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Van Rijthoven was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 59 points. Zhang won 7 more points than the Dutch (33-26). Zhizhen lost 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the net, Tim conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).
Zhang won the set after he broke Tim in the 5th (3-2) game. Tim tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, Zhang kept the focus to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
Zhang won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Tim won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3) and 10th (4-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Zhang was flawless in converting all his break points in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Van Rijthoven was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A).
They contested 74 points. Zhizhen was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Tim (39-35). The Chinese lost 9 points on serve (30-9). on the other side of the net, Tim conceded 9 points on serve (26-9).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Tim won a thrilling breaker 11-9 after a huge fight with 20 points played.
Tiebreak
Tim won 6 minibreaks in the 8th (3-5), 9th (4-5), 12th (6-6), 16th (8-8), 17th (9-8) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, the Chinese won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (5-1), 10th (6-4), 15th (8-7) and 18th (9-9) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Van Rijthoven saved 8 set points when he was 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-7 and 7-8 down. On the other side, Zhizhen was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 98 points. It’s worth to point out that, Van Rijthoven won this set even if he scored less points 4 than the Chinese (47-51). The Dutch lost 23 points on serve (36-23). on the other side of the net, Zhizhen conceded 11 points on serve (28-11).
Van Rijthoven conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Zhizhen Zhang in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Dutch improved his lead after breaking Zhang in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Tim converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, the Dutch didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 37 points. Tim conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Zhizhen (25-12). Van Rijthoven lost 6 points on serve (16-6). In addition, on the other side, Zhang conceded 9 points on serve (6-9).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tim clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
The Dutch converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Zhang was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 65 points. Van Rijthoven was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the Chinese (36-29). Tim surrendered 9 points on serve (24-9). On the other side, Zhang conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
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