Match Report
#NextGenATP Shang storms into R2 in Winston-Salem
Stricker earns first tour-level win of 2024 at ATP 250
August 20, 2024
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Shang Juncheng in motion in opposition to Federico Comesana on Monday in Winston-Salem.
By ATP Workers
Shang Juncheng didn’t take lengthy to kick-start his marketing campaign on the Winston-Salem Open.
The Chinese language #NextGenATP star marked his debut look on the hard-court ATP 250 with a commanding 6-2, 6-1 triumph in opposition to Francisco Comesana on Monday afternoon. Shang received 10 of the ultimate 11 video games to wrap a 69-minute win and set a second-round showdown with seventh seed Mariano Navone.
After successful 80 per cent (24/30) of factors behind his first serve in opposition to Comesana, in keeping with Infosys ATP Stats, Shang improved to 20-23 for the season. The 19-year-old lefty has loved a breakout 12 months on the ATP Tour in 2024, throughout which he has reached semi-finals in Hong Kong and Atlanta and risen as excessive as No. 73 within the PIF ATP Rankings.
Along with his victory in opposition to Comesana on Monday, Shang has additionally boosted his hopes of reaching the season-ending Subsequent Gen ATP Finals introduced by PIF for the primary time. He’s at present third within the PIF ATP Dwell Race To Jeddah, with solely Arthur Fils and Alex Michelsen forward of him.
In the meantime a contestant on the previous two editions of the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals introduced by PIF, Dominic Stricker, loved a breakthrough of his personal on Monday in Winston-Salem. The 22-year-old downed Federico Coria 7-5, 6-2 to notch his first tour-level win of the season.
Stricker Strikes 🎯@DominicStricker opens the day with a 7-5 6-2 win over Coria!@WSOpen pic.twitter.com/TcaGjqI0FV
— ATP Tour (@atptour) August 19, 2024
The Swiss lefty Stricker reached a career-high No. 88 within the PIF ATP Rankings final October, however he didn’t compete for the primary 5 months of this 12 months on account of a again harm. After beating Coria for his first Prime 100 win since he upset Casper Ruud in Basel final October, Stricker will subsequent put together for a second-round conflict in opposition to tenth seed Lorenzo Sonego.
The ninth-placed participant within the PIF ATP Dwell Race To Jeddah, Learner Tien, earned his first tour-level win. In his first ATP Tour important draw match, the 18-year-old battled previous fellow qualifier Tristan Schoolkate 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Former World No. 10 Pablo Carreno Busta, who received his first ATP Tour title in Winston-Salem in 2016, eased previous American qualifier Omni Kumar 6-2, 6-0 in simply 58 minutes. The Spaniard has shortly discovered his kind since coming back from an prolonged interval away on account of an elbow harm.
“Not dangerous for a begin. It is all the time powerful to win within the first match. However I felt actually snug as we speak. I’m coming from Cincinnati, the place I received two matches, so I’m taking part in with extra confidence once more.”
In two Australian-French matchups, the Australian participant received. Aleksandar Vukic eradicated fourth seed Adrian Mannarino 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-1 and sixteenth seed Rinky Hijikata rallied previous Arthur Cazaux 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4).
David Goffin, the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals runner-up, moved on with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 victory in opposition to Spaniard Jaume Munar. Alexandre Muller was an early winner on Monday in North Carolina. The Frenchman defeated his countryman Fixed Lestienne 6-3, 6-2 to advance to face fifteenth seed Pavel Kotov.