Juncheng Shang wins against Purcell in the quarter to battle vs Thompson at the Atlanta Open. HIGHLIGHTS – ATLANTA RESULTS

ATLANTA OPEN - ATLANTA DRAW AND RESULTS. Shang wins against Purcell to face Jordan Thompson in the semifinal

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Juncheng Shang vs. Max Purcell

Juncheng Shang gets by Max Purcell 7-6(3) 6-4 in the quarter in Atlanta on Friday. Shang will fight against Jordan Thompson in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 1 minute. This will be his best achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Shang
Atlanta
Shang's Record

Juncheng added to his prize money $ 16,585 after winning this match. He has already won $ 39,435 as of now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Shang will add $ 27,635 to his earnings to get in total $ 67,070.

Highlights Juncheng Shang vs. Max Purcell Atlanta Open – Atlanta

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shang
Purcell
Juncheng Shang
7-63 6-4
2h:01
Max Purcell
81
81
Total points
73
73
33
33
Winners
32
32
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
12
12
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
60%
60%
1st in
52%
52%
73%
73%
1st won
78%
78%
33/45
33/45
1st won
32/41
32/41
60%
60%
2nd won
45%
45%
18/30
18/30
2nd won
17/38
17/38
-- Break Points --
2/10
2/10
Total
1/3
1/3
20%
20%
Won
33%
33%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Shang scored 81 points vs. Purcell’s 73.

Shang

Shang won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 20% (2/10) of the procured opportunities.

Purcell

On the other side, the Australian had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Shang and Purcell is 1-0 for Juncheng.

Draw and next match H2H: Juncheng Shang vs. Jordan Thompson – stats

Shang will fight against Thompson in the semifinal.

This will be the 4th time that Juncheng Shang and Jordan Thompson play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Shang (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Shang won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Indian wells back in March 2024.

Juncheng Shang Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Shang 7-6
ShangPurcell
7
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
ShangPurcell
7
6
1
0
2
0
2
1
3
1
3
2
4
2
5
2
5
3
6
3
ShangPurcell
6
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
ShangPurcell
6
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
ShangPurcell
5
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
ShangPurcell
5
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
ShangPurcell
4
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
ShangPurcell
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
ShangPurcell
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
ShangPurcell
2
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
ShangPurcell
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
ShangPurcell
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
ShangPurcell
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
ShangPurcell
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Juncheng won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Shang broke back in the 6th (3-3) game to conquer the set 7-6.

Juncheng converted 12% of his break points (1/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Max converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 100 points. This set was so close that, The Chinese won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Shang dropped 14 points on serve (24-14). On the losing side, Max conceded 26 points on serve (36-26).

2nd Set -
Shang 6-4
ShangPurcell
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
ShangPurcell
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
ShangPurcell
4
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
ShangPurcell
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
ShangPurcell
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
ShangPurcell
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
ShangPurcell
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
ShangPurcell
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
ShangPurcell
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Shang clinched in the 9th game (5-4) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).

Shang converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Max wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (4-3 40-A).

They contested 54 points. Shang was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Max (30-24). Shang lost 8 points on serve (24-8). On the other side, Max conceded 6 points on serve (16-6).

1st
Shang
Purcell
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Shang
Purcell
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

Tennis Scores in Atlanta

  • Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Mattia BellucciBellucci (7-65 3-6 6-1)
  • Juncheng ShangShang – Max PurcellPurcell (7-63 6-4)
  • Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (7-62 6-2)
  • Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-65 4-6 6-3)

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