Alexander Zverev obliterates Juncheng Shang 6-0 6-3 in the 2nd round in Beijing on Saturday after playing a superlative match to fight against Novak Djokovic in the quarter. The match lasted just 55 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2017, 2019 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Zverev added to his prize money $ 52,230 after winning this match. He has already won $ 112,035 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexander will add $ 107,260 to his earnings to get in total $ 219,295 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Juncheng Shang China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Alexander scored 53 points vs. Shang’s 24.
Zverev
Zverev served pretty well to win 89% of the points (25/28) behind his first serve, and he won 78% points (7/9) on his second serve. The German was effective when converting 80% of the break points that he conquered (4/5).
Shang
On the other side, the Chinese wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Shang is 1-0 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Zverev will compete against Djokovic in the quarter.
This will be the 15th time that Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic square off. The head to head is 9-5 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 5-2 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Djokovic won 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Paris back in 2025.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much story in this set since the German conceded no games to the Chinese before winning the set 6-0.
The German converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (3-0 0-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, Alexander didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 32 points. Zverev conquered the set after winning 18 more points than Juncheng (25-7). Alexander was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). In addition, on the other side, Juncheng conceded 13 points on serve (5-13).
Zverev was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Juncheng Shang in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Zverev reinforced his lead after breaking the Chinese in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set.
They played 41 points. Alexander was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Juncheng (24-17). Alexander was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, the Chinese conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Quentin HalysHalys (3-6 7-65 7-5)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 6-3)
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Jakub MensikMensik (6-3 6-3)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Juncheng ShangShang (6-0 6-3)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-2 3-6 6-4)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (4-6 7-62 6-2)
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Arthur GeaGea (7-65 6-75 6-2)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alex MolcanMolcan (7-5 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (5-9) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Andrey RublevRublev (4-4) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – (2-0) – H2H details and stats
