TENNIS SCORES. Wu shocks Ito in the 1st round in Zhuhai

ZHUHAI OPEN - ZHUHAI. Wu surprises Ito to play Borna Coric in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Di Wu vs. Tatsuma Ito

Di Wu stuns Tatsuma Ito 3-6 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Zhuhai on Monday. Wu will engage against Borna Coric in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Tatsuma won the set after he broke Di 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Di tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nevertheless, Ito kept the focus before winning the set 6-3.

2nd set.

Wu had a strong start of this set after breaking Ito in the 1st game (1-0). Di extended his lead after breaking Ito in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set.

3rd set.

Ito conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Wu in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the Chinese was not done to come back to break Ito 5 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3), in the 10th (5-5) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Ito was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Di scored 106 points vs. Tatsuma’s 99 points.

Di was effective in converting 53% of the break points that he conquered (8/15). On the other side, the Japanese was pretty focused in converting 54% of the break points that he conquered points (7/13). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Wu and Ito is 1-0 for Di.

Next Match: Di Wu vs. Borna Coric – stats

Wu will compete against Coric in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Di Wu and Borna Coric since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

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