TOKYO. Hyeon Chung surprises Cilic in the 2nd round of the Rakuten Japan Open

Hyeon Chung surprises Marin Cilic 6-4 3-6 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Tokyo on Thursday. Chung will face off with David Goffin in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Hyeon conquered in the 3^rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

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

3^rd set.

Chung started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Cilic in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Chung reinforced his lead after breaking the Croatian in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Statistics

After this encounter, the head to head between Chung and Cilic is 2-3 for Marin.

Highlights Hyeon Chung vs. Marin Cilic Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo

Next Match: Hyeon Chung vs. David Goffin – stats

Chung will face Goffin in the quarter.

This will be the 4^th time that Hyeon Chung and David Goffin fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Goffin (see full H2H stats), but Chung leads 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Goffin won 6-4 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Basel back in 2017.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Taro DanielDaniel – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• John MillmanMillman – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-6⁵ 7-6²) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-7² 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Go SoedaSoeda (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Gilles SimonSimon (7-6⁴ 7-6²) – See score progression
• Hyeon ChungChung – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Lucas PouillePouille (2-0) – See H2H details
• John MillmanMillman – Taro DanielDaniel (0-1) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Hyeon ChungChung (2-1) – See H2H details
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – See H2H details