Juncheng Shang stuns Laslo Djere 6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(8) in the 1st round in Hong Kong on Monday. Shang is going to play against Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes.
Juncheng added to his prize money $ 4,400 after winning this match. He has already won $ 11,600 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shang will add $ 8,400 to his earnings to get in total $ 20,000 in total.
Highlights Juncheng Shang vs. Laslo Djere Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:51
At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 117 points vs. Laslo’s 101.
Shang
Shang served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (52/64) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (19/32) on his second serve. The Chinese won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Djere
On the other side, Djere was fantastic in converting all his break points (2/2). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Shang and Djere is 1-0 for Juncheng.
Draw and next match H2H: Juncheng Shang vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp – stats
Shang will square off with Van De Zandschulp in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Juncheng Shang and Botic Van De Zandschulp since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Shang came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Laslo Djere in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Djere managed to stage a great comeback to break the Chinese in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game before winning the set (7-6).
Laslo was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-2 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Chinese was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (2-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 14th game (5-7 30-40).
They contested 92 points. This set was so close that, Laslo won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Djere conceded 26 points on serve (33-26). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).
Juncheng won the set after he broke the Serbian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Juncheng failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
The Serbian was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Shang converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Shang didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 47 points. The Chinese conquered the set after winning 19 points more than Laslo (33-14). Shang was incredibly sharp on serve to concede barely 1 point during his serving games (20-1). On the losing side, the Serbian conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Juncheng won a thrilling breaker 10-8 after a huge fight with 18 points played.
Tiebreak
The Chinese won 7 minibreaks in the 8th (3-5), 9th (4-5), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6), 16th (8-8), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, the Serbian won 5 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 7th (5-2), 11th (6-5), 14th (7-7) and 15th (8-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
The Chinese was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Juncheng saved 5 set points when he was 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-6 and 7-8 down. On the other side, Shang didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 76 points. Shang was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than the Serbian (40-36). Juncheng conceded 8 points on serve (28-8). On the losing side, the Serbian conceded 12 points on serve (28-12).
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