Juncheng Shang outpaces Pedro Martinez Portero 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Hong Kong on Thursday after playing a remarkable match to deal with Fabian Marozsan in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
Shang added to his prize money $ 8,620 after winning this match. He has already won $ 20,555 after this win. If he wins the next match, Juncheng will add $ 14,925 to his earnings to get in total $ 35,480 in total.
Highlights Juncheng Shang vs. Pedro Martinez Portero Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:17
At the end of the match, Juncheng scored 61 points vs. Pedro’s 42.
Shang
The Chinese served extremely well to win 80% of the points (32/40) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 36% points (5/14) on his second serve. The Chinese was effective when converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Martinez Portero
On the other side, Martinez Portero wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Shang and Martinez Portero is 1-2 for Pedro.
Draw and next match H2H: Juncheng Shang vs. Fabian Marozsan – stats
Shang will come up against Marozsan in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Juncheng Shang and Fabian Marozsan play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Shang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Shang grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
The Spaniard was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Juncheng converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Pedro was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 40-A and 40-A).
They played 67 points. Shang conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Martinez Portero (39-28). Juncheng conceded 9 points on serve (23-9). In addition, on the other side, Martinez Portero conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
Shang had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Pedro Martinez Portero in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Shang reinforced his lead after breaking Martinez Portero in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
The Chinese was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Martinez Portero was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 36 points. The Chinese conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Pedro (22-14). Shang surrendered 8 points on serve (14-8). On the losing side, Martinez Portero conceded 8 points on serve (6-8).
Tennis Scores in Hong Kong
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Andrey RublevRublev (7-5 3-6 6-3)
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 7-5)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-4 6-3)
- Juncheng ShangShang – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 6-1)
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-2 4-6 6-1)
- Arthur FilsFils – Zizou BergsBergs (7-67 6-4)
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (5-7 7-66 7-610)
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 6-3 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Cameron NorrieNorrie (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexandre MullerMuller – (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – (1-2) – H2H details and stats
