Seong Chan Hong upsets Karen Khachanov 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Washington on Wednesday. Chan Hong will fight against Alex Michelsen in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Chan Hong added to his prize money $ 12,695 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 28,055 after this win. If he wins the next match, Seong will add $ 25,185 to his earnings to get in total $ 53,240 in total.
Highlights Seong Chan Hong vs. Karen Khachanov Citi Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Seong scored 59 points vs. the Russian’s 41.
Chan Hong
Chan Hong served extremely well to win 78% of the points (25/32) behind his first serve, and he won 76% points (13/17) on his second serve. Chan Hong was sharp when converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (3/4).
Khachanov
On the other side, Khachanov wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Chan Hong and Khachanov is 1-0 for Seong.
Draw and next match H2H: Seong Chan Hong vs. Alex Michelsen – stats
Chan Hong will compete against Michelsen in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Seong Chan Hong and Alex Michelsen clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Michelsen (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Chan Hong started the set strong after breaking Karen Khachanov in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Chan Hong improved his lead after breaking Karen in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
A crucial moment of this set was when the Korean won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Chan Hong converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Khachanov wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (2-5 40-A).
They contested 53 points. Seong conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Russian (30-23). Chan Hong conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, Karen conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Chan Hong grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Chan Hong was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Chan Hong didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 47 points. The Korean conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Khachanov (29-18). Seong was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 7-61)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-75 6-3)
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-64 7-63)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (3-6 7-63 6-4)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 6-3)
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 7-64)
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-66 7-66)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – David GoffinGoffin (7-64 6-3)
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Juncheng ShangShang (2-3 ret.)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (4-6 6-3 6-4)
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-2 6-4)
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 6-3)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-2 6-1)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-2)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-78 6-3 6-3)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Andrey RublevRublev – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Flavio CobolliCobolli (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (0-1) – H2H details and stats