SHANGHAI. Hubert Hurkacz conquers Zhang in the 1st round

Hubert Hurkacz hustles Zhizhen Zhang 7-6⁵ 6-4 in the 1^st round in Shanghai on Sunday. Hurkacz will play against Gael Monfils in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Hubert won the breaker at 5.

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 Hurkacz conquered in the 5^th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Hurkacz scored 69 points vs. the Chinese’s 65 points.

The Pole served extremely well to win 82% of the points (40/49) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (11/20) on his second serve. The Pole was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (1/2). On the other side, the Chinese wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Hurkacz and Zhang is 1-0 for Hubert.

Next Match: Hubert Hurkacz vs. Gael Monfils – stats

Hurkacz will compete against Monfils in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Hubert Hurkacz and Gael Monfils play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Monfils won 6-4 6-0 in the 3^rd round in Dubai back in August 2019.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-5 6-7¹ 6-3) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Gilles SimonSimon (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Christian GarinGarin – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Radu AlbotAlbot (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (7-6² 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Joao SousaSousa – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (2-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Andy MurrayMurray – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (2-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Andy MurrayMurray – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (0-0) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-0) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (2-0) – See H2H details
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Roger FedererFederer (1-1) – See H2H details
• Zhe LiLi – Lucas PouillePouille (0-0) – See H2H details
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Guido PellaPella – John MillmanMillman (1-0) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Richard GasquetGasquet (2-1) – See H2H details
• Joao SousaSousa – Vasek PospisilPospisil (4-0) – See H2H details
• Ze ZhangZhang – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – See H2H details
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-1) – See H2H details
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Benoit PairePaire (0-3) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jeremy ChardyChardy (3-1) – See H2H details
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Andrey RublevRublev – Borna CoricCoric (2-0) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – John IsnerIsner (0-1) – See H2H details
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – See H2H details