Yibing Wu stuns John Isner 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 7-6(12) in the final in Dallas on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 58 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career. He became the first Chinese man in history to win an ATP title.
Wu added $ 46,720 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 112,125 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Yibing Wu vs. John Isner Dallas Open – Dallas
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:58
Wu won this match even if he won less points than John (122 vs. 124).
Wu
Yibing served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (69/87) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (28/41) on his second serve. The Chinese wasn’t able to conquer any break point to conquer the match only at the breakers.
Isner
On the other side, Isner wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Wu and Isner is 1-0 for Yibing.
This was the 1st career title for Wu. (see list of titles and finals). John remains with 16th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
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Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, the American won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Isner won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Wu won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (3-3) and 10th (4-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
They played 78 points. This set was so close that, John won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Isner conceded 12 points on serve (31-12). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 8 points on serve (27-8).
Similarly, throughout the set, both players traded service holds in this set to set up a tiebreak. Eventually, Yibing won the breaker at 7-3.
Tiebreak
The Chinese won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point.
Yibing won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 30-40).
They contested 76 points. It’s worth to point out that, Wu won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Isner (36-40). The Chinese surrendered 12 points on serve (31-12). on the other side of the net, Isner conceded 5 points on serve (28-5).
Likewise, in this set, the affair went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Wu won a thrilling breaker 14-12 after a huge fight with 26 points played.
Tiebreak
The Chinese won 2 minibreaks in the 23rd (12-11) and 26th (14-12) point. On the other side, the American won a minibreak in the 24th (12-12) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 9-10, 10-10, 11-10, 11-11, 12-11, 12-12, 13-12, 14-12
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Wu saved 3 set points when he was 5-6, 7-8 and 9-10 down. On the other side, Isner was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 92 points. This set was so close that, The Chinese won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Wu dropped 11 points on serve (39-11). On the losing side, Isner conceded 7 points on serve (35-7).
