TENNIS SCORES. Chung gets the better of Ofner in the qualifications in New York

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Chung victorious over Ofner to compete against Stefano Napolitano in the qualifications

Prediction and head to head Hyeon Chung vs. Sebastian Ofner

Hyeon Chung wins against Sebastian Ofner 6-3 6-3 in the qualifications in New York on Monday. Chung will seek to keep on going in this event against Stefano Napolitano in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Korean won the set after he broke Sebastian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Sebastian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Nonetheless, Chung refused to give way before winning the set 6-3.

Chung failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.

2nd set.

Chung got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Ofner in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Hyeon to win the set as the Austrian succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (1-4) game.

A crucial moment of the match was when Hyeon won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Chung scored 71 points vs. the Austrian’s 51 points.

Chung served extremely well to win 79% of the points (23/29) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 45% points (9/20) on his second serve. Chung won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 29% (5/17). On the other side, Sebastian was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Chung and Ofner is 1-0 for Hyeon.

Next Match: Hyeon Chung vs. Stefano Napolitano – stats

Chung will face Napolitano in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Hyeon Chung and Stefano Napolitano since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

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