Arthur Fils shocks Zhizhen Zhang 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Lyon on Monday after playing an impressive match to fight against Mikael Ymer in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes.
The French player added to his prize money € 3,845 after winning this match. He has already won € 9,880 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add € 7,130 to his earnings to get in total € 17,010 in total.
Highlights Arthur Fils vs. Zhizhen Zhang Open Parc – Lyon
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the French player scored 65 points vs. the Chinese’s 44.
Fils
The French player served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (23/28) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 48% points (12/25) on his second serve. Arthur didn’t lose the concentration in converting 63% of the break points that he conquered (5/8).
Zhang
On the other side, the Chinese was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Fils and Zhang is 2-0 for Arthur.
Draw and next match H2H: Arthur Fils vs. Mikael Ymer – stats
Fils will take on Ymer in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Arthur Fils and Mikael Ymer since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Arthur clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The French player broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.
Zhizhen had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Arthur lost 11 points on serve (20-11). In addition, on the other side, Zhizhen conceded 21 points on serve (18-21).
Fils got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Zhizhen Zhang in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. However, there was more work to do for Arthur to win the set as Zhang managed to break back in the 6th (1-5) game.
The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 30.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Fils won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Arthur was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 30-40). On the other side, Zhizhen converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 6th (0-5 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They played 39 points. Fils conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Zhizhen (24-15). Fils conceded 7 points on serve (15-7). on the other side of the net, Zhang conceded 9 points on serve (8-9).
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