Juncheng Shang will face off against Kei Nishikori in Chengdu on Thursday at 3:30 pm on COURT CENTER.
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In China, the match can be seen on Iqiyi. In Japan, the match is broadcasted by WOWOW. Click here to see at what time the match should be broadcasted live in your country.
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The H2H stats
Shang and Nishikori played each other only once. The head to head is 0-1 for Nishikori.
The last time that they played each other it was Atlanta (Truist Atlanta Open) when Nishikori won 6-4 7-6(3). The prediction is Shang to win in 3 sets.
Juncheng Shang in 2024
Ranked no.67, Shang played his last match on the 30th of August when he lost to world no.9 Casper Ruud 6-7(1) 3-6 6-0 6-3 6-1 in the 3rd round in U.S. Open (draw).
This season the Chinese achieved a 34-19 match record. Juncheng Shang’s best result of the present year was getting to the semifinal in Hong Kong, the Bordeaux Challenger and Atlanta.
Kei Nishikori in 2024
Now the world no.201, the Japanese played his last match on the 14th of September when he defeated world no.237 Nicolas Mejia 6-4 6-4 in the Rubber 2 of the Davis Cup (draw).
At the moment, during this season Kei has managed to achieve a composed 9-6 win-loss record.