Juncheng Shang overcomes Nishikori in the 1st round to clash vs Safiullin. HIGHLIGHTS – CHENGDU RESULTS

CHENGDU OPEN - CHENGDU DRAW AND RESULTS. Shang conquers Nishikori to square off with Roman Safiullin in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Juncheng Shang vs. Kei Nishikori

Juncheng Shang tops Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Chengdu on Thursday. Shang will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Roman Safiullin in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes.

Shang
Chengdu
Shang's Record

The Chinese added to his prize money $ 8,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 20,565 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shang will add $ 14,850 to his earnings to get in total $ 35,415 in total.

Highlights Juncheng Shang vs. Kei Nishikori Chengdu Open – Chengdu

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shang
Nishikori
Juncheng Shang
6-4 6-4
1h:43
Kei Nishikori
72
72
Total points
63
63
33
33
Winners
26
26
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
8
8
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
59%
59%
1st in
61%
61%
79%
79%
1st won
67%
67%
33/42
33/42
1st won
26/39
26/39
45%
45%
2nd won
48%
48%
13/29
13/29
2nd won
12/25
12/25
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
Total
1/9
1/9
38%
38%
Won
11%
11%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Shang scored 72 points vs. Nishikori’s 63.

Shang

Shang served extremely well to win 79% of the points (33/42) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 45% points (13/29) on his second serve. Shang won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.

Nishikori

On the other side, Nishikori wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Shang and Nishikori is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Juncheng Shang vs. Roman Safiullin – stats

Shang will come up against Safiullin in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Juncheng Shang and Roman Safiullin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Juncheng Shang Draw info

1st
Shang
Nishikori
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Shang
Nishikori
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

  • Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 4-6 6-4)
  • Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 7-64)
  • Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-79 6-1 6-3)
  • Yi ZhouZhou – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (2-6 6-1 3-1 ret.)
  • Aleksandar VukicVukic – Borna CoricCoric (3-6 7-69 6-4)
  • Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 7-5)
  • Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Pavel KotovKotov (6-4 7-5)
  • Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 7-67)
  • Juncheng ShangShang – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-4 6-4)
  • Lukas KleinKlein – Adam WaltonWalton (7-63 6-4)
  • Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Fajing SunSun (6-75 7-5 6-4)
  • Taro DanielDaniel – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 7-5)

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