TENNIS SCORES. Hyeon Chung shocks Verdasco in the 2nd round in New York

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Chung surprises Verdasco to compete against Rafael Nadal in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Hyeon Chung vs. Fernando Verdasco

Hyeon Chung shocks Fernando Verdasco 1-6 2-6 7-5 6-3 7-63 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. Chung is going to play against Rafael Nadal in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Spaniard was too good to drop just 1 game before breaking Hyeon 2 times and win the set 6-1.

Chung lost the plot in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

2nd set.

Verdasco had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Chung in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Fernando to win the set as Hyeon succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Verdasco maintained his cool to break Chung in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

3rd set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Chung conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

4th set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Hyeon conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

5th set.

The 5th set random the decider was a sheer thriller.

Chung clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Chung broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 3.

Statistics

After this contest, the head to head between Chung and Verdasco is 1-1.

Highlights Hyeon Chung vs. Fernando Verdasco U.S. Open – New York

Next Match: Hyeon Chung vs. Rafael Nadal – stats

Chung will square off with Nadal in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Hyeon Chung and Rafael Nadal face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Nadal won 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2017.

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