Juncheng Shang stuns Karen Khachanov 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Shanghai on Saturday. Shang will play Nuno Borges in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The Chinese added to his prize money $ 25,140 after winning this match. He has already won $ 60,400 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shang will add $ 42,825 to his earnings to get in total $ 103,225 in total.
Highlights Juncheng Shang vs. Karen Khachanov Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 69 points vs. the Russian’s 58.
Shang
Juncheng served very well to win 87% of the points (39/45) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 30% points (6/20) on his second serve. Shang was fantastic in converting all the break points (3/3).
Khachanov
On the other side, Karen was remarkable in converting all his break points (2/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Shang and Khachanov is 1-0 for Juncheng.
Draw and next match H2H: Juncheng Shang vs. Nuno Borges – stats
Shang will face Borges in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Juncheng Shang and Nuno Borges since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Shang had a great start in this set after breaking Karen Khachanov in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Shang managed to stage a great comeback to break Karen in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (7-6).
Juncheng was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-2 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Karen was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 15-40).
They played 84 points. Shang conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the Russian (46-38). Juncheng dropped 17 points on serve (31-17). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Shang clinched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to finally conquering the set (6-3).
Juncheng was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Chinese won just 3 points more than Karen (23-20). Shang surrendered 6 points on serve (16-6). On the other side, Karen conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).
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