Zhizhen Zhang conquers Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Marseille on Thursday. Zhang will try to keep the momentum against Karen Khachanov in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes.
The Chinese added to his prize money € 9,180 after conquering this match. He has already won € 21,885 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Chinese will add € 15,880 to his earnings to get in total € 37,765 in total.
Highlights Zhizhen Zhang vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime Open 13 Provence – Marseille
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:28
At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 66 points vs. the Canadian’s 52.
Zhang
The Chinese served very well to win 77% of the points (30/39) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (10/19) on his second serve. Zhang was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that he procured (3/4).
Auger-Aliassime
On the other side, the Canadian was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Zhang and Auger-Aliassime is 1-0 for Zhizhen.
Draw and next match H2H: Zhizhen Zhang vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Zhang will compete against Khachanov in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Zhizhen Zhang and Karen Khachanov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Chinese won the set after he broke the Canadian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Auger-Aliassime tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. However, Zhang didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-4.
The Chinese converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 0-40). On the other side, Felix was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 0-40).
They contested 61 points. Zhizhen conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Felix (35-26). The Chinese conceded 8 points on serve (16-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Auger-Aliassime conceded 19 points on serve (18-19).
Zhang had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 2nd game (2-0). Zhang improved his lead after breaking the Canadian before conquering the set (6-4).
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Felix was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 57 points. Zhizhen conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the Canadian (31-26). Zhang lost 10 points on serve (24-10). On the other side, Felix conceded 7 points on serve (16-7).
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