29 | September | 2015 | Tennis Courts Map Directory

Chung Keeps Up Winning Form In Shenzhen

Posted: Sep 29, 2015

Hot on the heels of claiming his fourth ATP Challenger Tour title of the season in Kaohsiung, Taiwan at the weekend, Hyeon Chung reached the second round of the Shenzhen Open in China with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over local wild card Di Wu.

Playing at a career-high No. 58 in the Emirates ATP Rankings this week, the 19-year-old Chung swept to victory in 52 minutes, converting five of his six break points.

The Korean goes on to face seventh seed Aljaz Bedene, who notched his 15^th tour-level win of the season as he defeated Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 6-4.

Sixth seed Jiri Vesely also overcame Chinese opposition, dismissing Ze Zhang 6-3, 6-2, but two home players did advance as qualifier Zhizhen Zhang beat Go Soeda 6-4, 6-4 and wild card Yan Bai overcame qualifier Takuto Niki 6-1, 7-5.

Fifth seed Adrian Mannarino cruised to a 6-0, 6-3 victory over fellow Frenchman Lucas Pouille while eighth seed Victor Estrella Burgos also advanced, battling past Matthew Ebden 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-4. Estrella Burgos will next face Simone Bolelli, who beat Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-2, 7-6(2).

Lukas Rosol set a clash with fourth seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez as he defeated Denis Istomin 7-6(4), 6-4. Meanwhile, third seed and 2014 runner-up Tommy Robredo will open his campaign against Hiroki Moriya after the qualifier beat Ricardas Berankis 6-4, 6-3.

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Chardy Battles Past Zverev; Pospisil Advances

Posted: Sep 29, 2015

Sixth seed Jeremy Chardy battled past rising German star Alexander Zverev 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur.

The Frenchman advanced in one hour and 50 minutes in the pair’s first meeting, breaking his 18-year-old opponent four times and winning almost half of his return points (45 per cent) as he rallied from a 6-3, 3-1 deficit. Chardy, making his debut at this ATP World Tour 250 hard court tournament, is playing for the first time since reaching the US Open fourth round (l. to Cilic).

“I was a little bit unlucky to be down I think, but he was playing very good,” said Chardy. “It was my first match after the US Open, so it’s always tough to find your rhythm. But I knew I could come back because I was feeling the ball well and I was mentally strong. I’m really happy with this win.”

Eighth seed Vasek Pospisil cruised into the second round with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over qualifier Yasutaka Uchiyama. The Canadian, who was a quarter-finalist at Wimbledon earlier in the year (l. to Murray), fired nine aces and won 75 per cent of his service points as he claimed his 19^th win of the season.

Pospisil goes on to face Marcos Baghdatis for a place in the quarter-finals. Baghdatis finished strongly to defeat wild card Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-1.

Top seed David Ferrer will face Radek Stepanek in his opening match after the Czech veteran defeated qualifier Yuichi Sugita 7-6(6), 6-0. Ferrer leads the pair’s FedEx ATP Head2Head series 7-3.

World No. 84 Radu Albot upset fifth seed Viktor Troicki, beating the Serb 6-2, 7-6(5). The 25-year-old Moldovan claimed his eighth tour-level win of the season as he set a second-round clash with Mikhail Kukushkin, who dismissed Malaysian wild card Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-2, 6-2.

Tatsuma Ito will face Nick Kyrgios in the second round after beating Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 7-6(3).

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