TOKYO. Chung upsets Sonego in the 1st round

Hyeon Chung shocks Lorenzo Sonego 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in Tokyo on Monday. Chung will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Marin Cilic in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Sonego had a great start in this set after breaking Chung in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break resulted decisive for Lorenzo to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.

2^nd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Korean conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

3^rd set.

Similarly to the 2^nd set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Hyeon conquered in the 7^th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Hyeon scored 88 points vs. Sonego’s 78 points.

Hyeon served pretty well to win 75% of the points (39/52) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (16/24) on his second serve. Hyeon was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4). On the other side, Lorenzo was fantastic in converting all the break points (1/1). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Chung and Sonego is 1-0 for Hyeon.

Highlights Hyeon Chung vs. Lorenzo Sonego Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo

Next Match: Hyeon Chung vs. Marin Cilic – stats

Chung will face Cilic in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 4^th time that Hyeon Chung and Marin Cilic clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Cilic (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Cilic won 7-5 7-6³ in the 2^nd round in Brisbane back in 2016.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Go SoedaSoeda – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Joao SousaSousa (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Hyeon ChungChung – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression

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