TENNIS SCORES. Go Soeda dispatches Lopez-Perez in the semifinal of the the Jinan Challenger

JINAN CHALLENGER. Soeda victorious over Lopez-Perez to compete against Zhizhen Zhang in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Go Soeda vs. Enrique Lopez-Perez

Go Soeda gets by Enrique Lopez-Perez 4-6 7-63 6-2 in the semifinal in Jinan Challenger on Saturday. Soeda will play Zhizhen Zhang in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Enrique conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

2nd set.

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, the Japanese won the breaker at 3.

The Japanese lost a big opportunity to break the Spaniard in the 10th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

3rd set.

Soeda started the set strong after breaking Lopez-Perez in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Japanese improved his lead after breaking Lopez-Perez in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of the match was when Go won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Soeda scored 104 points vs. Enrique’s 103 points.

Soeda won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points because he converted only 20% (2/10). On the other side, the Spaniard was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 14% of his break points (1/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Soeda and Lopez-Perez is 2-0.

Next Match: Go Soeda vs. Zhizhen Zhang – stats

Soeda will face Zhang in the final.

This will be the 2nd time that Go Soeda and Zhizhen Zhang face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Zhang won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Shenzhen back in 2015.

Tennis Scores in Jinan Challenger

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