Van Rijthoven tops Zhang in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Van Rijthoven wins against Zhang to face Casper Ruud in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Tim Van Rijthoven vs. Zhizhen Zhang

Tim Van Rijthoven overcomes Zhizhen Zhang 3-6 6-7(4) 7-6(9) 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in New York on Monday. Van Rijthoven will fight against Casper Ruud in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 53 minutes.

Van Rijthoven
New York
Van Rijthoven's Record

The Dutch added to his prize money $ 41,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 121,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Dutch will add $ 67,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 188,000 in total.

Highlights Tim Van Rijthoven vs. Zhizhen Zhang U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rijthoven
Zhang
Tim Van Rijthoven
3-6 6-74 7-69
6-1 6-4
3h:53
Zhizhen Zhang
169
169
Total points
165
165
77
77
Winners
77
77
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
68
68
Unforced
47
47
59%
59%
Ratio Unforced
41%
41%
17/22
17/22
Net Approaches
16/27
16/27
77%
77%
Perc
59%
59%
-- Serve --
26
26
Aces
22
22
13
13
Double Faults
4
4
57%
57%
1st in
67%
67%
76%
76%
1st won
73%
73%
77/101
77/101
1st won
77/105
77/105
54%
54%
2nd won
56%
56%
41/76
41/76
2nd won
29/52
29/52
215
215
Fastest serve
214
214
192
192
AVG 1st Serve
195
195
168
168
AVG 2nd Serve
152
152
-- Break Points --
4/14
4/14
Total
2/13
2/13
29%
29%
Won
15%
15%
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At the end of the match, Van Rijthoven scored 169 points vs. the Chinese’s 165.

Van Rijthoven

Van Rijthoven served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (77/101) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (41/76) on his second serve. The Dutch blasted 26 aces and he committed 13 double faults. Van Rijthoven won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.

Zhang

On the other side, Zhizhen was not so effective in converting his break points (only 15% – 2/13). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Van Rijthoven and Zhang is 2-0 for Tim.

Draw and next match H2H: Tim Van Rijthoven vs. Casper Ruud – stats

Van Rijthoven will face Ruud in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Tim Van Rijthoven and Casper Ruud since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Tim Van Rijthoven Draw info

Tim had an good ride in the last 2 sets to lose 5 games after winning 60 points vs. Ruud’s 42 points.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Zhang conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).

Zhang was flawless in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Van Rijthoven was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 59 points. Zhang won 7 more points than the Dutch (33-26). Zhizhen lost 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the net, Tim conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).

2nd Set -
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Zhang won the set after he broke Tim in the 5th (3-2) game. Tim tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, Zhang kept the focus to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.

Tiebreak

Zhang won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Tim won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3) and 10th (4-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

Zhang was flawless in converting all his break points in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Van Rijthoven was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A).

They contested 74 points. Zhizhen was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Tim (39-35). The Chinese lost 9 points on serve (30-9). on the other side of the net, Tim conceded 9 points on serve (26-9).

3rd Set -
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Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Tim won a thrilling breaker 11-9 after a huge fight with 20 points played.

Tiebreak

Tim won 6 minibreaks in the 8th (3-5), 9th (4-5), 12th (6-6), 16th (8-8), 17th (9-8) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, the Chinese won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (5-1), 10th (6-4), 15th (8-7) and 18th (9-9) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Van Rijthoven saved 8 set points when he was 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-7 and 7-8 down. On the other side, Zhizhen was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 98 points. It’s worth to point out that, Van Rijthoven won this set even if he scored less points 4 than the Chinese (47-51). The Dutch lost 23 points on serve (36-23). on the other side of the net, Zhizhen conceded 11 points on serve (28-11).

4th Set -
Rijthoven

Van Rijthoven conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Zhizhen Zhang in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Dutch improved his lead after breaking Zhang in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Tim converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, the Dutch didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 37 points. Tim conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Zhizhen (25-12). Van Rijthoven lost 6 points on serve (16-6). In addition, on the other side, Zhang conceded 9 points on serve (6-9).

5th Set -
Zhang 0-0

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tim clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).

The Dutch converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Zhang was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 65 points. Van Rijthoven was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the Chinese (36-29). Tim surrendered 9 points on serve (24-9). On the other side, Zhang conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).

 

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