TIANJIN. Watson upsets Linette in the quarter of the Tianjin Open

Heather Watson surprises Magda Linette 7-5 6-7⁴ 7-6⁶ in the quarter in Tianjin on Friday. Watson will fight against Veronika Kudermetova in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Heather won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve 3 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 5^th (1-4) and in the 7^th (2-5) game. Watson broke back 4 times in the 6^th (2-4), in the 8^th (3-5), in the 10^th (5-5) and in the 12^th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

Magda lost the plot in the last 5 games of the set (from 2-5 to 7-5).

Nonetheless also Magda won 4 consecutive games from 0-1 to 4-1

2^nd set.

Linette won the set after she broke heather in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (4-5) game. Watson tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (3-5) game. Notwithstanding, the Pole maintained the focus before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 4.

3^rd set.

Watson clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, Watson broke back in the 7^th (3-4) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 6.

Statistics

At the end of the match, heather scored 129 points vs. the Pole’s 118 points.

Watson was sharp when converting 64% of the break points that she procured (7/11). On the other side, Magda was far from perfect in converting her break points because she converted only 38% of her break points (6/16). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Watson and Linette is 1-1.

Highlights Heather Watson vs. Magda Linette Tianjin Open – Tianjin

Next Match: Heather Watson vs. Veronika Kudermetova – stats

Watson will play Kudermetova in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Heather Watson and Veronika Kudermetova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Tianjin

• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-6⁵ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Heather WatsonWatson – Magda LinetteLinette (7-5 6-7⁴ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Yafan WangWang (6-7⁵ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Nao Hibino/Miyu KatoHibino/Miyu Kato – Christina Mchale/Yanina WickmayerMchale/Yanina Wickmayer (w/o) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Ons JabeurJabeur – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (0-0) – See H2H details
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Heather WatsonWatson (0-0) – See H2H details