Zhizhen Zhang overcomes Sebastian Ofner 7-6(8) 6-7(3) 6-4 in the 1st round in Halle on Monday. Zhang will face Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 21 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The Chinese added to his prize money € 15,395 after winning this match. He has already won € 32,990 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zhang will add € 28,810 to his earnings to get in total € 61,800 in total.
Highlights Zhizhen Zhang vs. Sebastian Ofner Terra Wortmann Open – Halle
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:21
Zhang won this match even if he scored less points than Sebastian (114 vs. 118).
Zhang
Zhizhen served very well to win 79% of the points (59/75) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (20/36) on his second serve. Zhizhen blasted 23 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The Chinese won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 14% (1/7) of the procured opportunities.
Ofner
On the other side, Ofner wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Zhang and Ofner is 1-0 for Zhizhen.
Draw and next match H2H: Zhizhen Zhang vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Zhang will take on Medvedev in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Zhizhen Zhang and Daniil Medvedev face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Medvedev won 3-6 6-2 7-64 in the qualifications in Nice back in 2016.
Live score progression and stats
Zhizhen won the set after he broke the Austrian .
Zhizhen was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Zhizhen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 94 points. This set was so close that, Zhang won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Zhizhen conceded 20 points on serve (38-20). On the losing side, the Austrian conceded 9 points on serve (27-9).
Sebastian won the set after he broke the Chinese .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Furthermore, on the other side, the Austrian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 73 points. The Austrian was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than the Chinese (43-30). Ofner conceded 10 points on serve (35-10). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 8 points on serve (20-8).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Chinese clinched in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
The Chinese converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 65 points. Zhizhen was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than the Austrian (36-29). Zhang conceded 8 points on serve (21-8). On the losing side, Ofner conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).
Tennis Scores in Halle
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- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-68 6-73 6-4)
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