Yen Hsun Lu vs Vasek Pospisil — Taipei CH Semi-final

Taipei CH · CHALLENGER · Semi-final
TPE2
Yen Hsun Lu
42 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 17 April 2017
hard
CAN6
Vasek Pospisil
36 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLL
Lu Y.
6-4 6-4
Pospisil V.
Lu Y.
662
Pospisil V.
440

Yen Hsun Lu defeated Vasek Pospisil 6-4 6-4 in the Taipei CH semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Vasek Pospisil came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Yen Hsun Lu claimed a first win over Vasek Pospisil in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Yen Hsun Lu edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-03-06Indian Wells MastersR128hardVasek Pospisil6-7(6) 6-4 6-3
2015-08-10Canada MastersR64hardVasek Pospisil6-4 6-3
2015-07-27AtlantaR16hardVasek Pospisil6-4 6-7(3) 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Lu Y.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Pospisil V.

Pospisil V.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Lu Y.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Lu Y.Pospisil V.
1st serve in·Even
61%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
78%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
54%
49%
Service points won·Even
66%
66%
Return points won·Even
38%
35%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
66%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.9
9.9
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.5
3.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (68 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Lu Y.Pospisil V.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
34
49
Break points saved·Slight edge
88
96
Break points won·Clear edge
29
7
Deciding sets·Dominant
33
62
Tiebreaks·Dominant
32
72

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Lu Y.[2]
Ito T.
6-17-64
Semi-finals
Lu Y.[2]
Pospisil V.[6]
6-46-4
Ito T.
Santillan A.
6-42-67-5
Quarter-finals
Santillan A.
Ebden M.
6-41-66-0
Lu Y.[2]
Soeda G.[8]
6-16-3
Pospisil V.[6]
Chiudinelli M.
6-36-4
Ito T.
Kravchuk K.[3]
6-47-65
R16
Lu Y.[2]
Wang J.
7-56-1
Soeda G.[8]
Bachinger M.
4-66-46-1
Chiudinelli M.
Sela D.[4]
6-46-3
Pospisil V.[6]
Gunneswaran P.
7-646-2
Ito T.
Lacko L.[5]
6-46-4
Kravchuk K.[3]
Skugor F.
7-657-5
Santillan A.
Ramanathan R.
6-43-67-64
Ebden M.
Kwon S.
6-737-56-2
R32
Bachinger M.
Klein B.
6-46-2
Sela D.[4]
Yang T.
6-46-2
Chiudinelli M.
Saville L.
6-46-4
Gunneswaran P.
Roelofse R.
7-646-4
Pospisil V.[6]
Mukund S.
7-56-2
Lacko L.[5]
Jung J.
6-16-4
Skugor F.
Sekiguchi S.
6-16-4
Kravchuk K.[3]
Jaloviec M.
6-36-3
Ramanathan R.
Lee D.[7]
2-66-26-4
Santillan A.
Matosevic M.
6-13-67-65
Ebden M.
Chen T.
6-27-5
Kwon S.
Baghdatis M.[1]
6-37-5
Wang J.
Kudryavtsev A.
4-66-40-0
Soeda G.[8]
Moriya H.
7-627-65
Ito T.
Uchiyama Y.
6-43-0
Lu Y.[2]
Lee K.
6-26-1