Juncheng Shang surprises Lorenzo Musetti 7-6(4) 6-1 in the final in Chengdu on Tuesday. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Juncheng added $ 74,245 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 178,195 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Juncheng Shang vs. Lorenzo Musetti Chengdu Open – Chengdu
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 73 points vs. Musetti’s 60.
Shang
Juncheng was well focused in converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5).
Musetti
On the other side, Musetti had some problems converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Shang and Musetti is 1-0 for Juncheng.
This was the maiden title for Juncheng. This was his 3 final as he was the runner up in Australia 2023, in London 2024 and in Umag 2024. Lorenzo remains with 2nd titles after he conquered the tournament in Hamburg 2022 and in Naples 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The Chinese won the set after he broke Musetti in the 11th (6-5) game. Musetti tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 12th (6-6) game. Notwithstanding, Shang kept the situation under control to win the set 7-6
.Juncheng failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.
Juncheng converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, Musetti was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 12th
game (5-6 15-40).They contested 94 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Juncheng won just 2 points more than Musetti (48-46). Shang conceded 22 points on serve (35-22). on the other side of the net, Lorenzo conceded 13 points on serve (24-13).
Shang had a racing start in this set after breaking Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Chinese improved his lead after breaking Lorenzo in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
The Chinese was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 39 points. Juncheng won 9 points more than the Italian (24-15). Juncheng surrendered 6 points on serve (14-6). On the other side, Musetti conceded 10 points on serve (9-10).