Taro Daniel stuns Billy Harris 7-5 6-4 in the qualifications in Chengdu on Wednesday. Daniel will seek to keep on going in this event against Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the 1st round. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the 2nd round in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Daniel scored 71 points vs. Billy’s 59.
Daniel
Taro served extremely well to win 87% of the points (34/39) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (15/26) on his second serve. Taro blasted 11 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The Japanese won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Harris
On the other side, the Brit wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Daniel and Harris is 1-0 for Taro.
Draw and next match H2H: Taro Daniel vs. Chak Lam Coleman Wong – stats
Daniel will face Lam Coleman Wong in the 1st round.
This will be the 3rd time that Taro Daniel and Chak Lam Coleman Wong clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Daniel and Lam Coleman Wong (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Japanese clinched in the 11th game (6-5) prior to eventually conquering the set (7-5).
Harris was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 4-5 to 7-5.
The Japanese was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, Billy was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 66 points. Taro conquered the set after winning 4 more points than the Brit (35-31). The Japanese dropped 6 points on serve (24-6). on the other side of the net, Harris conceded 11 points on serve (25-11).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Daniel grabbed in the 5th
game (3-2) prior to finally conquering the set (6-4).Daniel converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Harris was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 63 points. Taro was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Billy (35-28). The Japanese conceded 10 points on serve (24-10). on the other side of the net, Harris conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
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