LIVE UPDATES. Sheng Tang gets the better of Gerasimov in the 1st round – ZHANGJIAGANG CHALLENGER RESULTS

ZHANGJIAGANG CHALLENGER DRAW AND RESULTS. Tang defeats Gerasimov

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sheng Tang vs. Egor Gerasimov

Sheng Tang victorious over Egor Gerasimov 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 1st round in Zhangjiagang Challenger on Tuesday.

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Tang's Record

Sheng added to his prize money $ 550 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 1,350 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Chinese will add $ 920 to his earnings to get in total $ 2,270 in total.

After this match, the head to head between Tang and Gerasimov is 1-0.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Tang won the set after he broke the Belarussian .

They contested 98 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Chinese won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Gerasimov (48-50). Tang surrendered 23 points on serve (38-23). On the losing side, the Belarussian conceded 10 points on serve (27-10).

2nd Set -
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tang grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-3).

Sheng was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Egor was unable to convert any of his 7 break points. He had 7 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 75 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Tang won just 3 points more than Gerasimov (39-36). Sheng dropped 23 points on serve (31-23). On the other side, Gerasimov conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).

1st
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7-6
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2nd
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