Zhizhen Zhang gets the better of Bu Yunchaokete 7-6(3) 6-4 in the semifinal in Hangzhou on Monday in what was an all-Chinese match. Zhang will play Marin Cilic in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes.
Zhizhen added to his prize money $ 36,600 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 88,795 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zhizhen will add $ 63,445 to his earnings to get in total $ 152,240 in total.
Highlights Zhizhen Zhang vs. Bu Yunchaokete Hangzhou Open – Hangzhou
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Zhang scored 73 points vs. Bu’s 66.
Zhang
Zhang served extremely well to win 75% of the points (44/59) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (12/19) on his second serve. Zhang fired 10 aces without committing any double fault. Zhang was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (1/2).
Yunchaokete
On the other side, Yunchaokete wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Zhang and Yunchaokete is 1-0 for Zhizhen.
Draw and next match H2H: Zhizhen Zhang vs. Marin Cilic – stats
Zhang will face Cilic in the final.
There is no head to head record between Zhizhen Zhang and Marin Cilic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Zhizhen won the set after he broke Yunchaokete .
Zhang wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 14th game (7-5 30-40). On the other side, Zhang didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 89 points. It’s worth to point out that, Zhizhen won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Bu (44-45). Zhizhen lost 12 points on serve (28-12). On the other side, Bu conceded 16 points on serve (33-16).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Zhizhen conquered in the 7th game (4-3) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Zhang was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-3 15-40). On the other side, Yunchaokete was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 50 points. Zhang won 6 more points than Bu (28-22). Zhizhen lost 9 points on serve (24-9). on the other side of the net, Bu conceded 4 points on serve (13-4).
Tennis Scores in Hangzhou
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (7-63 6-4)
- Marin CilicCilic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 7-66)
Upcoming matches
- Marin CilicCilic – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H details and stats