Juncheng Shang hustles Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2 6-3 7-6(2) in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday. Shang will fight against Casper Ruud or Gael Monfils in the 3rd round. 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 history at this event.
Juncheng added to his prize money $ 75,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 215,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Juncheng will add $ 110,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.
Highlights Juncheng Shang vs. Roberto Carballes Baena U.S. Open – New York
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Shang and Carballes Baena is 2-0 for Juncheng.
Draw and next match H2H: Juncheng Shang vs. Casper Ruud or Gael Monfils – stats
Shang will fight against either Casper Ruud or Gael Monfils in the 3rd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Casper Ruud and 0-0 vs. Gael Monfils.
Live score progression and stats
Shang started the set in the best possible way after breaking Roberto Carballes Baena in the 1st game (1-0). Juncheng improved his lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Juncheng converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Spaniard wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40).
They contested 57 points. Shang was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Carballes Baena (35-22). Shang dropped 6 points on serve (18-6). On the other side, Carballes Baena conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
Juncheng won the set after he broke Carballes Baena 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Roberto tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Nonetheless, the Chinese didn’t blink to win the set 6-3.
Shang failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 0.
The Chinese was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Carballes Baena was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (2-5 0-40).
They played 42 points. Shang won 10 more points than the Spaniard (26-16). The Chinese dropped 5 points on serve (12-5). on the other side of the court, Roberto conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. the Chinese had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
Shang won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (5-1) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Roberto won a minibreak in the 5th
(1-4) point.Shang won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Shang was unable to convert any of the 6 conquered break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Carballes Baena was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They contested 103 points. The contest during this set was so even that Juncheng won barely 1 point more than Carballes Baena (52-51
). Juncheng lost 15 points on serve (32-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Roberto conceded 20 points on serve (36-20).Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
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