Zhizhen Zhang gets the better of Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Hangzhou on Sunday. Zhang will face off with Bu Yunchaokete in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes.
Zhizhen added to his prize money $ 21,950 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 52,195 until now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Zhizhen will add $ 36,600 to his earnings to get in total $ 88,795.
Highlights Zhizhen Zhang vs. Roberto Carballes Baena Hangzhou Open – Hangzhou
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Zhizhen scored 58 points vs. the Spaniard’s 40.
Zhang
Zhizhen served extremely well to win 77% of the points (27/35) behind his first serve, and he won 77% points (10/13) on his second serve. Zhizhen was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).
Carballes Baena
On the other side, the Spaniard wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Zhang and Carballes Baena is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Zhizhen Zhang vs. Bu Yunchaokete – stats
Zhang will come up against Yunchaokete in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Zhizhen Zhang and Bu Yunchaokete since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Zhizhen clinched in the 8th game (5-3) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Roberto was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Zhang converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40). On the other side, Zhizhen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 54 points. Zhizhen was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Carballes Baena (34-20). Zhang was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). Regarding the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
Zhang was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Roberto Carballes Baena in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was crucial for Zhang to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Zhang was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Zhizhen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Zhang won just 3 more points than Roberto (23-20). The Chinese lost 7 points on serve (16-7). On the other side, the Spaniard conceded 7 points on serve (13-7).
Tennis Scores in Hangzhou
- Marin CilicCilic – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-2 6-74 7-65)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (7-5 6-3)
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-3)
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Marin CilicCilic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H details and stats