Buyun Chaokert: The low rate of tie-break wins needs to be reflected, and there may be 47 more to play

On the second match day of the 2025 French Open, Chinese player Buyun Chaokert lost in two consecutive sets in the first round of the men's singles match, and finally lost to Austria's Misorić 7-5/6-7(3)/6-7(4)/1-6, missing his first Grand Slam singles main draw victory.

Reflecting on the match after the match, Buyunchaoket said: "I was mentally prepared before the fight and I knew it was going to be a very tough match because the opponent had just won the Challenger in the past two weeks and had come up from qualifying, so he was more familiar with the environment than I did, and I believe he was more open-hearted. ”

"Actually, I had a lot of chances today, I had a lot easier on serve than he did, and I gave him very few chances in the first three sets. There were two or three games in the fourth set, and I was 30-0 up on his serve, with a lot of break points, and if I had caught a few, maybe we were still in the fifth set. ”

This is the third consecutive Grand Slam singles main draw in Buyunchaokt, and he says he has completely shaken off his baggage. "I wasn't too nervous, I was very excited. Actually, I enjoyed the game today, I didn't make too many mistakes from the start to the first three hours, the problems could be after three hours, but maybe I had some chances in the first three hours and I wouldn't have had those problems. ”

Regarding the low tie-break win rate this year, Buyun Chaoket responded after the game: "I am still in the stage of exploring the reason (for the low tie-break win rate), maybe I and the coach's thinking needs to make some changes, or maybe I don't meet the coach's requirements, I still need to communicate with him more." In the first half of the year, sometimes I didn't serve well enough, or I was in a hurry, and I was trying all kinds of things later, but I still didn't seem to win, so I probably need to play 47 (tie-breaks). ”

"It's hard to simulate the heartbeat and the environment of a tie-break, so maybe I'm going to ask a player who has a very high win rate. Losing so much does require reflection, and going back to study the two things of break point (not being able to win) and tie-break (low win rate). ”

Buyunchaokt will next compete in the men's doubles event at the French Open, where he will be partnered by Argentina's Carabelli in the first round against Balagui/Reyes.

(Text: Faye Wong, Photo: Li Jianyi)