Leong M. overwhelmed Hongyu Y. 6-0, 6-1 in Guangzhou, holding all five of his service games while his opponent won just one of four. Leong took 34 of the 49 points played and never faced a break point all match.
The first set was a bagel built on breaks in the second, fourth and sixth games, at 2-0, 4-0 and 6-0, with Hongyu Y. saving only one of the four break points he faced. In the second set Leong broke again in the fourth game at 3-1 and in the sixth at 5-1 to close it out, dropping only the one game.
The defining number was Leong's first-serve efficiency: 14 of 15 points won behind his first delivery, including a perfect 7/7 in the second set, with three aces to one. Hongyu Y., by contrast, won just 3 of 9 first-serve points and only 1 of 15 return points against Leong's first serve.