Christopher O Connell wins against Quentin Halys 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Chengdu on Wednesday. O Connell will play Yi Zhou in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes. His best result in this event was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Christopher added to his prize money $ 8,120 after winning this match. He has already won $ 20,885 after this win. If he wins the next match, Christopher will add $ 15,085 to his earnings to get in total $ 35,970 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 95 points vs. the French player’s 86.
O Connell
Christopher served pretty well to win 80% of the points (45/56) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (20/32) on his second serve. Christopher won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Halys
On the other side, The French player was fantastic in converting the only break point that he converted. Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between O Connell and Halys is 2-0 for Christopher.
Draw and next match H2H: Christopher O Connell vs. Yi Zhou – stats
O Connell will square off with Zhou in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Yi Zhou since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The French player conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Quentin broke back in the 6th (3-3) game to win the set 7-6.
Quentin was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 30-40). On the other side, O Connell was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 83 points. It’s worth to point out that, Quentin won this set even if he scored less points 3 than O Connell (40-43). The French player lost 13 points on serve (26-13). On the other side, O Connell conceded 14 points on serve (30-14
).The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that O Connell clinched in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
O Connell was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, O Connell didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 43 points. This set was a huge battle since finally O Connell won only 1 point more than Halys (22-21
). The Australian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Halys conceded 6 points on serve (17-6).Similarly to the 2nd 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 Christopher clinched in the 9th game (5-4) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Christopher was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 40-A). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. O Connell was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the French player (30-23). The Australian surrendered 8 points on serve (21-8). on the other side of the net, Halys conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
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- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Quentin HalysHalys (6-73 6-3 6-4)
- Yi ZhouZhou – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-73 6-4 7-62)
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