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.
Tennis Scores at the Us Open
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- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Antoine HoangHoang (6-4 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-3 6-74 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-2 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (3-6 7-63 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-4 6-73 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-73 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (2-6 7-5 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Christian GarinGarin (6-3 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-5 7-5 0-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Feliciano LopezLopez – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-77 6-0 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (6-4 7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 3-6 6-2 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 7-64 7-65) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Jeremy ChardyChardy (6-4 6-3 6-73 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-5 7-65 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Hugo DellienDellien (6-3 7-5 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Hyeon ChungChung – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (1-6 2-6 7-5 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (6-73 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Aljaz BedeneBedene – Benoit PairePaire (4-6 6-73 6-2 7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (4-6 6-3 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Lucas PouillePouille (6-4 6-3 6-74 6-4) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-2 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Paolo LorenziLorenzi – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-611 6-72 7-62 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Bradley KlahnKlahn (6-2 4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Borna CoricCoric (w/o) – See score progression
- Roger FedererFederer – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (3-6 6-2 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-4 7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Gilles SimonSimon (6-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (w/o) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
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- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Rafael NadalNadal (0-1) – See H2H details
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Denis KudlaKudla (1-0) – See H2H details
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- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – See H2H details
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-0) – See H2H details
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – See H2H details
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – See H2H details
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – See H2H details
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Aljaz BedeneBedene (3-0) – See H2H details
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (0-0) – See H2H details
- John IsnerIsner – Marin CilicCilic (3-8) – See H2H details