Juncheng Shang shocks Zizou Bergs 6-1 5-7 6-4 in the 1st round in Chengdu on Wednesday. Shang will face Brandon Nakashima in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 10 minutes. Shang won this tournament once in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Chinese added to his prize money $ 8,120 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 20,885 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shang will add $ 15,085 to his earnings to get in total $ 35,970 in total.
Highlights Juncheng Shang vs. Zizou Bergs Chengdu Open – Chengdu
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Shang scored 86 points vs. Zizou’s 76.
Shang
Juncheng served very well to win 78% of the points (49/63) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (14/25) on his second serve. Shang was well focused in converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
Bergs
On the other side, Bergs was struggling when converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Shang and Bergs is 2-1 for Juncheng.
Draw and next match H2H: Juncheng Shang vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats
Shang will fight against Nakashima in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Juncheng Shang and Brandon Nakashima since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Shang got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Zizou Bergs in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Juncheng managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Zizou in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Shang won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Shang converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (3-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Shang didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. Shang conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Zizou (27-18). The Chinese lost 6 points on serve (16-6). In addition, on the other side, Zizou conceded 11 points on serve (12-11
).Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Zizou clinched in the 12th game (7-5) before ultimately winning the set (7-5).
Bergs failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
Zizou was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 10th (5-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Belgian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 71 points. Zizou conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Chinese (39-32). Zizou surrendered 6 points on serve (24-6). on the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 15 points on serve (26-15).
Similarly to the 2nd set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Juncheng conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Juncheng converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Belgian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 46 points. The Chinese conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Zizou (27-19). The Chinese was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (21-4). On the losing side, the Belgian conceded 6 points on serve (15-6).
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