Van de Zandschulp done in Chengdu after second-round sweep by Basilashvili

[p]After a sensational US Open, in which he reached the quarterfinals, world number 40 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-de-zandschulp-botic/YwiLpILD/"]Van de Zandschulp[/a] received a first-round bye in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/basilashvili-n-Kb8ttRy2/van-de-zandschulp-b-YwiLpILD/?mid=rLG3hUCr"]Chengdu[/a] as the tournament's fourth seed and was paired up with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/basilashvili-nikoloz/Kb8ttRy2/"]Nikoloz Basilashvili[/a] after the latter's first-round 7-6 (3), 6-4 win against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kecmanovic-miomir/MTQ5CPOR/"]Miomir Kecmanovic[/a].[/p][p]Basilashvili, the world No. 145, raced off to a hot start by breaking Van de Zandschulp and holding onto that lead, with the Dutchman barely having an answer to the Georgian's first serve, with just 1 won return point on 18 attempts, and forcing no break points to concede the first set.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="5bf4ce63-5b7c-4e6b-960c-e3eb1c10e814" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="c3f4d16e-3d28-4dc8-afaf-3cdafcc77f66" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Van de Zandschulp's struggles with winning return points on first serve continued in the second set, clinching just 1 of 20. Basilashvili kept piling on pressure, forcing a break point in the first game again and finally breaking the Dutch No. 1 at 5-5, setting up a service game to clinch the match.[/p][p]Van de Zandschulp had a 30-0 start in the final game, but collapsed and conceded four straight points to fall 6-4, 7-5 to Basilashvili, who continues his Chengdu journey against American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brooksby-jenson/MoOtVkbN/"]Jenson Brooksby[/a].[/p][h2]No more Dutchmen in action[/h2][p]Van de Zandschulp's elimination meant that no Dutch players are active in Chengdu anymore. On Thursday, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/griekspoor-tallon/f3zfMU5i/"]Tallon Griekspoor[/a] fell to seventh seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shapovalov-denis/zXddgn9o/"]Denis Shapovalov[/a] in the first round of the ATP 500 tournament: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/griekspoor-t-f3zfMU5i/shapovalov-d-zXddgn9o/?mid=SEyWB6PG"]4-6, 6-7 (3)[/a].[/p]