Zhizhen Zhang upsets Ruud in the 2nd round to set up a battle vs Hijikata. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Zhang upsets Ruud to face Rinky Hijikata in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Casper Ruud

Zhizhen Zhang shocks Casper Ruud 6-4 5-7 6-2 0-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday. Zhang will engage against Rinky Hijikata in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 19 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Zhang
New York
Zhang's Record

Zhang added to his prize money $ 68,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 191,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Chinese will add $ 93,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 284,000 in total.

Highlights Zhizhen Zhang vs. Casper Ruud U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zhang
Ruud
Zhizhen Zhang
6-4 5-7 6-2
0-6 6-2
3h:19
Casper Ruud
137
137
Total points
127
127
58
58
Winners
65
65
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
41
41
Unforced
32
32
56%
56%
Ratio Unforced
44%
44%
25/48
25/48
Net Approaches
12/16
12/16
52%
52%
Perc
75%
75%
-- Serve --
18
18
Aces
7
7
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
66%
66%
1st in
64%
64%
74%
74%
1st won
70%
70%
58/78
58/78
1st won
65/93
65/93
56%
56%
2nd won
46%
46%
23/41
23/41
2nd won
24/52
24/52
210
210
Fastest serve
204
204
187
187
AVG 1st Serve
182
182
158
158
AVG 2nd Serve
148
148
-- Break Points --
5/17
5/17
Total
4/5
4/5
29%
29%
Won
80%
80%
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At the end of the match, Zhang scored 137 points vs. the Norwegian’s 127.

Zhang

Zhizhen blasted 18 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The Chinese won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 29% (5/17) of the procured opportunities.

Ruud

On the other side, Ruud was pretty focused in converting 80% of the break points that he procured points (4/5). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Zhang and Ruud is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Zhizhen Zhang vs. Rinky Hijikata – stats

Zhang will square off with Hijikata in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Zhizhen Zhang and Rinky Hijikata clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Zhang won 6-74 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Phoenix Challenger back in March 2023.

Zhizhen Zhang Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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ZhangRuud
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Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Zhizhen clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) before eventually winning the set (6-4).

Zhizhen converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 66 points. Zhang was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Casper (36-30). Zhizhen was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the net, Ruud conceded 16 points on serve (26-16).

2nd Set -
Zhang Not
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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Norwegian conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

Casper was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Chinese was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 87 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Norwegian won just 3 more points than the Chinese (45-42). Casper surrendered 16 points on serve (30-16). In addition, on the other side, Zhizhen conceded 15 points on serve (26-15).

3rd Set -
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Zhang commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Casper Ruud in the 1st game (1-0). The Chinese improved his lead after breaking Ruud in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Zhang was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Zhizhen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 40 points. Zhang was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Casper (27-13). The Chinese was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the net, the Norwegian conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).

4th Set -
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This set was completely one-sided as the Norwegian conceded no games to Zhizhen before winning the set 6-0.

Ruud was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40). On the other side, the Norwegian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 29 points. Ruud was the one to win the set after conquering 19 more points than the Chinese (24-5). The Norwegian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). On the losing side, Zhang conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).

5th Set -
Ruud 0-0

Zhang was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Casper Ruud in the 1st game (1-0). Zhang managed to boost his lead after breaking Ruud in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

Zhang converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Zhizhen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 42 points. Zhang won 12 more points than Ruud (27-15). The Chinese was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Casper conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

1st
Zhang
Ruud
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Zhang
Ruud
5-7
5
7
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Zhang
Ruud
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
4th
Zhang
Ruud
0-6
0
6
0
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
5th
Zhang
Ruud
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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