Holger Rune victorious over Zhizhen Zhang 4-6 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Tuesday. Rune will engage against Matteo Berrettini in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 10 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the 4th round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Dane added to his prize money $ 68,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 200,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rune will add $ 90,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 290,000 in total.
Highlights Holger Rune vs. Zhizhen Zhang Australian Open – Melbourne
Rune’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Holger scored 142 points vs. Zhang’s 131.
Rune
The Dane fired 10 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Holger won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Zhang
On the other side, Zhizhen didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (3/6). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Rune and Zhang is 1-0 for Holger.
Draw and next match H2H: Holger Rune vs. Matteo Berrettini – stats
Rune will face Berrettini in the 2nd round.
This will be the 5th time that Holger Rune and Matteo Berrettini clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Rune (see full H2H stats), 3-1 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 the Chinese grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) before finally winning the set (6-4).
Zhizhen was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 4th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Zhang didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 57 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally the Chinese won only 1 point more than Rune (29-28). The Chinese conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Holger conceded 9 points on serve (22-9).
Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Holger clinched in the 4th game (3-1) before finally winning the set (6-3).
Rune converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Rune didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 54 points. Rune conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Zhang (31-23). The Dane was unchallenged on serve to concede barely 1 point during his serving games (16-1). Regarding the other side of the net, Zhang conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).
Similarly to the 2nd set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Dane snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Rune converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A). On the other side, Holger didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 58 points. Rune conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Zhizhen (32-26). Rune dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). On the other side, Zhang conceded 12 points on serve (19-12).
Similarly to the 3rd set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Zhizhen snatched in the 8th game (5-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Rune was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Zhang was spot on in converting all his break points in the 0th (1-1 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Zhang didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Chinese won just 3 points more than the Dane (28-25). Zhang dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, the Dane conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
The Dane won the set after he broke Zhang in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Zhizhen tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, the Dane stayed solid to win the set 6-4.
Rune converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). Also, on the other side, Zhizhen converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 51 points. The contest during this set was so even that Holger won barely 1 point more than Zhizhen (26-25). The Dane surrendered 9 points on serve (15-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Zhizhen conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
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