TIANJIN. Superlative Peterson wins the title

TIANJIN OPEN - TIANJIN. Peterson claims her 1st career title after beating Watson in 2 sets.

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Rebecca Peterson vs. Heather Watson

Rebecca Peterson downs Heather Watson 6-4 6-4 in the final in Tianjin on Sunday.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Watson enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Peterson in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, Rebecca refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Watson in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

2nd set.

Watson conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Peterson in the 2nd game (2-0). However, Peterson found the way to come back to break heather in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).

A crucial moment of the match was when Rebecca won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 4-2.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Swede scored 73 points vs. Watson’s 64 points.

Peterson won this match even if she was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 40% (4/10). On the other side, Watson was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Peterson and Watson is 2-0 for Rebecca.

Highlights Rebecca Peterson vs. Heather Watson Tianjin Open – Tianjin

Tennis Scores in Tianjin