SHANGHAI. Superb Carreno-Busta motors past Koepfer in the qualifications of the Shanghai Rolex Masters

SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS - SHANGHAI. Carreno-Busta breezes past Koepfer to face Ze Zhang in the 1st round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Pablo Carreno-Busta vs. Dominik Koepfer

Pablo Carreno-Busta crushes Dominik Koepfer 6-3 6-1 in the qualifications in Shanghai on Sunday after playing a fantastic match to play Ze Zhang in the 1st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Carreno-Busta was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Koepfer in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Pablo to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.

2nd set.

Carreno-Busta took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Koepfer in the 1st game (1-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for Pablo to win the set because Dominik found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Pablo kept his cool to break the German in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

The German was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 64 points vs. Koepfer’s 43 points.

Carreno-Busta served extremely well to win 81% of the points (26/32) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 41% points (7/17) on his second serve. Pablo was pretty good in converting 56% of the break points that he conquered (5/9). On the other side, the German had a tough time in converting his break points as he converted only 25% of his break points (1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Carreno-Busta and Koepfer is 1-0 for Pablo.

Next Match: Pablo Carreno-Busta vs. Ze Zhang – stats

Carreno-Busta will come up against Zhang in the 1st round.

There is no head to head record between Pablo Carreno-Busta and Ze Zhang since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

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