Hyeon Chung

[Barty]

Winston Salem

Sixth seed Hyeon Chung of South Korea made it back-to-back quarter-finals at the Winston-Salem Open on Wednesday, beating Italian Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Chung, the reigning Next Gen ATP Finals champion, broke in the eighth game of the third set and then held to 15 to advance past the Roman, who won his maiden ATP World Tour title last month on clay in Gstaad.

“It was a really tough match against a big server. I had never played him before. I was just trying to focus on every point,” Chung said.

[Damian]

[Lleyton]

[Barty]

Also in the bottom section of the draw, reigning Next Gen ATP Finals champion Hyeon Chung advanced to the second round while holding a 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-0, 2-0 lead, as Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis retired due to heat illness. The South Korean, who is into the second round in New York for the third time in three appearances, will next face Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin, who ousted home favourite Noah Rubin 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(3).

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[Żilu]

[Lleyton]

[Damian]

[Lleyton]

Shapovalov-Chung Blockbuster Headlines Tokyo Draw

Spoiler:

Nishikori attempting to claim third title in front of home fans

If you’re looking for excitement at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2018, you won’t have to wait long. There are plenty of tantalising first-round matchups in Tokyo, led by a clash between 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals winner Hyeon Chung and #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov.

Two of the brightest talents in the sport will clash for the second time in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, after Chung triumphed in the round-robin stage at Milan last November.

The South Korean will try to continue what has been a successful season, backing up his success at Fiera Milano by reaching the quarter-finals at nine of his 13 tour-level events in 2018. The 22-year-old cracked the Top 20 in April, and is currently the World No. 19. Shapovalov has also stood out, claiming 30 match wins so far this season, including a run to the Mutua Madrid Open semi-finals.

It won’t get any easier for the winner, as Chung or Shapovalov will face either former World No. 3 Stan Wawrinka and #NextGenATP American Taylor Fritz, who advanced to the semi-finals at the Chengdu Open. Wawrinka has shown signs of his top form during his comeback from two knee surgeries, beating reigning Nitto ATP Finals champion Grigor Dimitrov twice and making the last four at last week’s St. Petersburg Open.

The top seed, Marin Cilic, will begin his event against German Jan-Lennard Struff. In their only previous FedEx ATP Head2Head clash, at Sydney in 2014, the Croatian was victorious in three sets. He will look to continue his recent success in Tokyo, where the World No. 6 has reached the semi-finals the past two years.

The second seed is Kevin Anderson, who at No. 8 in the ATP Race To London is trying to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals for the first time. The South African, who won the New York Open, advanced to the Wimbledon final and has made the semi-finals at two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events (Madrid, Toronto) this year, opens against Aussie Matthew Ebden. The first seed he can face is No. 8 seed Richard Gasquet.

The home fans will be out in force to cheer on two-time Tokyo champion Kei Nishikori, who is making a push to rejoin the Top 10 once again. The Japanese superstar has won seven of his past nine matches, including an impressive effort at the US Open, where he reached the semi-finals. Third-seeded Nishikori plays compatriot Yuichi Sugita in the first round and he can eventually clash against fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals.

Another interesting first-rounder pits recent Moselle Open champion Gilles Simon against #NextGenATP Aussie Alex de Minaur. Simon has enjoyed a resurgent campaign, climbing from No. 89 in the ATP Rankings at the start of the year to No. 29. De Minaur owned just two tour-level match wins prior to 2018, but he has quickly shown his readiness for this level by reaching two ATP World Tour finals (Sydney and Washington, D.C.).

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[Lucas]

Coric, Chung Are Young And Leading The Way On Return

Spoiler:

You don’t need to search far down an Infosys Return Stats LEADERBOARD to find just how impressive 2018 has been for the youth of our game returning serve on hard courts.

The ATP World Tour calendar has seven more weeks of hard court tournaments to complete the 2018 season, so one final push through Asia and back to Europe can help elevate a good season to a great one.


An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis identifies that the following four players, all aged 22 and under, occupy half of the top eight positions with Return Games Won On Hard in 2018.

Return Games Won On Hard Court Ranking
No. 5 = 22-year-old Borna Coric (27.95%)
No. 6 = 22-year-old Hyeon Chung (27.75%)
No. 7 = 19-year-old Alex de Minaur (27.33%)
No. 8 = 20-year-old Andrey Rublev (27.30%)

Just think about that for a moment…

The average age of the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings this week is 27.4 years of age, but the average age of these four players is just 20.7. Their maturity returning serve on hard court is well beyond their years.



Below is a breakdown of their current and best ATP Ranking, with both Coric and De Minaur both at their career best this week.

Current & Best Ranking
No, 18 Coric - best ranking No. 18 (this week)
No. 23 Chung - best ranking No. 19 (April 2018)
No. 38 De Minaur - best ranking No. 38 (this week)
No. 68 Rublev - best ranking No. 31 (Feb 2018)

Overall, David Goffin leads the Return Games Won category in 2018, winning 30.08 per cent of his return games. But this quartet of young guns is hot on his heels.

See Who's Pushing Goffin By Visiting The ATP Stats LEADERBOARDS

Coric’s game exploded on hard courts in March this year, reaching the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Indian Wells, followed by the quarter-finals at the Miami Open presented by Itau.

The strong showings vaulted his ATP Ranking from No. 49 to No. 28. Coric has averaged winning 39 per cent of his return points this season, but that jumped up to 43 per cent (177/414) at Indian Wells.

When you look at the other side of the ledger – Service Games Won in 2018 – it's a fresh set of young players who lead this specific category. The following list shows the best four players aged 22 or younger, and their ranking in the specific category of Service Games Won On Hard Court in 2018.

Service Games Won On Hard Court Ranking
No. 7 = 22-year-old Karen Khachanov (87.87%)
No. 14 = 21-year-old Alexander Zverev (84.53%)
No. 22 = 19-year-old Denis Shapovalov (83.19%)
No. 23 = 20-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas (83.02%)

Roger Federer leads the Service Games Won category in 2018 on hard, winning 92.86 per cent of his service games. More than a third (34) of the Top 100 is thirty years of age or older. These young players are more than holding their own against their more experienced opponents.

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[Damian]

Elsewhere, last year’s inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals champion, Hyeon Chung, defeated Polish qualifier Hubert Hurkacz 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 in one hour and 39 minutes and meets Marco Cecchinato, the No. 16 seed from Italy, in the second round.

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[Damian]

Chasing Chung: #NextGenATP players Fritz, De Minaur, Shapovalov and Tsitsipas all are trying to follow in the footsteps of Stockholm wild card Hyeon Chung, who won the 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals title.

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[Damian]

Chung Beats #NextGenATP Fritz In Stockholm

Spoiler:

Verdasco recovers from slow start for victory

South Korea’s Hyeon Chung produced a strong service performance to sweep past #NextGenATP American Taylor Fritz, who is vying to qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals that Chung won in 2017. Sixth seed Chung lost eight of his service points in a 6-2, 6-2 win over 64 minutes. Fritz is currently in sixth position in the ATP Race To Milan for a spot at the 6-10 November event.

Eighth seed Fernando Verdasco recovered from 1-4 down in the first set to defeat Matthew Ebden of Australia 6-4, 6-2 in 75 minutes. Elsewhere, Ebden's compatriot John Millman, a quarter-finalist at last month’s US Open (l. to Djokovic), set up a second-round meeting against third-seeded #NextGenATP Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas. Millman moved past fellow Australian and qualifier Alexei Popyrin 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in one hour and 44 minutes.

More Stories Like This In: Stockholm Match Report 2018

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[arti]

2018 w liczbach:

Ranking: 25
Bilans meczów: 29-18
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 0
Zarobki: $1,550,978

[Damian]

[Damian]

[Damian]

Hyeon odnosi drugie zwycięstwo w karierze na dystansie 5 setów w Wielkim Szlemie, tym samym po raz pierwszy od stanu 0-2 w setach #AO2019.

[24] Hyeon Chung (KOR) d. Bradley Klahn (USA) 6-7(5) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 6-4 Statystyki meczu

[Fighter]

Tym razem jeszcze urwał się stryczka, ale jego forma od dłuższego czasu pozostawia wiele do życzenia, więc wcale mnie nie zdziwi jak odprawi go już Herbert, który dzisiaj wyeliminował innego dołującego zawodnika - Querreya. A punktów do obrony dużo, oj dużo. Podzieli więc los Edmunda i Sandgrena. Kwestia czasu.

[DUN I LOVE]

Zastanawiam się z czego to wynika, znając jego podatność na urazy pewnie nie jest do końca zdrowy IMO.

[arti]

[DUN I LOVE]

Niewidziany na kortach od Rotterdamu, w międzyczasie wypadł poza setkę, teraz jest 156...