Zizou Bergs defeats Sebastian Korda 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in Shanghai on Wednesday. Bergs will have to play Casper Ruud in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
Bergs added to his prize money $ 11,500 after winning this match. He has already won $ 35,260 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zizou will add $ 25,140 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,400 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Zizou scored 72 points vs. the American’s 59.
Bergs
The Belgian served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (31/41) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (11/22) on his second serve. Bergs won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Korda
On the other side, Korda was remarkable in converting all his break points (2/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Bergs and Korda is 1-0 for Zizou.
Draw and next match H2H: Zizou Bergs vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Bergs will fight against Ruud in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Zizou Bergs and Casper Ruud since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Bergs conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Sebastian Korda in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Bergs to win the set as the American managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Belgian maintained his focus to break the American in the 3rd (2-1) game before winning the set (6-4).
Zizou converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 4th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Korda was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40).
They played 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Bergs won just 3 more points than the American (35-32). The Belgian conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). On the other side, the American conceded 17 points on serve (23-17).
Bergs conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Sebastian Korda in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, Bergs refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Sebastian in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
The Belgian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4
break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 15-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).They contested 64 points. Bergs was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Korda (37-27). Zizou lost 12 points on serve (24-12). On the losing side, the American conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
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