Juncheng Shang upsets Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 7-6(2) in the 2nd round in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Shang will play against Frances Tiafoe in the quarter. The epic lasted 3 hours and 32 minutes.
Shang added to his prize money $ 8,400 after winning this match. He has already won $ 20,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shang will add $ 14,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,000 in total.
Highlights Juncheng Shang vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Shang scored 123 points vs. Van De Zandschulp’s 122.
Shang
Juncheng won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Van De Zandschulp
On the other side, the Dutch was not so effective in converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Shang and Van De Zandschulp is 1-0 for Juncheng.
Draw and next match H2H: Juncheng Shang vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Shang will compete against Tiafoe in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Juncheng Shang and Frances Tiafoe play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Botic won the set after he broke Shang in the 11th (6-5) game. Juncheng tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 12th (6-6) game. However, Van De Zandschulp kept the situation under control to conquer the set 7-6.
The Dutch failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.
The Dutch was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 10th (5-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40).
They contested 93 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Dutch won just 3 points more than Shang (48-45). The Dutch dropped 22 points on serve (34-22). Regarding the other side of the net, Juncheng conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).
Juncheng won the set after he broke the Dutch in the 3rd (2-1) game. The Dutch tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Yet, the Chinese stayed solid to conquer the set 7-6.
The Chinese converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Dutch converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A).
They played 81 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Shang won barely 1 point more than Botic (41-40). Juncheng lost 21 points on serve (34-21). On the losing side, the Dutch conceded 7 points on serve (19-7).
Juncheng won the set after he broke Botic in the 8th (5-3) game. The Dutch tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. However, Shang didn’t lose the lead to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 2.
The Chinese failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.
Tiebreak
Juncheng won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Juncheng was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Botic converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Shang won just 3 more points than Botic (37-34). Juncheng dropped 11 points on serve (25-11). on the other side of the court, Van De Zandschulp conceded 12 points on serve (23-12).
Tennis Scores in Hong Kong
- Juncheng ShangShang – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-75 7-62 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-62 2-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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