Zhizhen Zhang shocks Hurkacz in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Karatsev at the Rakuten Japan Open. HIGHLIGHTS – TOKYO RESULTS

RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN - TOKYO DRAW AND RESULTS. Zhang surprises Hurkacz to compete against Aslan Karatsev in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Hubert Hurkacz

Zhizhen Zhang shocks Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 6-4 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Tokyo on Wednesday. Zhang will engage against Aslan Karatsev in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 14 minutes.

Zhang
Tokyo
Zhang's Record

Zhizhen added to his prize money $ 12,680 after winning this match. He has already won $ 27,170 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Chinese will add $ 23,725 to his earnings to get in total $ 50,895 in total.

Highlights Zhizhen Zhang vs. Hubert Hurkacz Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zhang
Hurkacz
Zhizhen Zhang
3-6 6-4 7-64
2h:14
Hubert Hurkacz
100
100
Total points
94
94
39
39
Winners
47
47
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
5
5
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
58%
58%
1st in
63%
63%
76%
76%
1st won
70%
70%
39/51
39/51
1st won
47/67
47/67
51%
51%
2nd won
44%
44%
19/37
19/37
2nd won
17/39
17/39
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
3/9
3/9
50%
50%
Won
33%
33%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Zhizhen scored 100 points vs. Hubert’s 94.

Zhang

Zhizhen served pretty well to win 76% of the points (39/51) behind his first serve, and he won 51% points (19/37) on his second serve. Zhizhen struck 10 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Zhizhen was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).

Hurkacz

On the other side, Hubert was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Zhang and Hurkacz is 1-2 for Hubert.

Draw and next match H2H: Zhizhen Zhang vs. Aslan Karatsev – stats

Zhang will come up against Karatsev in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Zhizhen Zhang and Aslan Karatsev fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Zhang and Karatsev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Karatsev won 7-63 6-4 in the quarter in Madrid back in May 2023.

Zhizhen Zhang Draw info

1st
Zhang
Hurkacz
3-6
3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Zhang
Hurkacz
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
1
2
0
2
0
1
3rd
Zhang
Hurkacz
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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