Ons Jabeur beats Caty McNally 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Lexington on Monday.
Score, report, and key facts
Ons in this set was more solid than the American and finally she won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Ons converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Tunisian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. The Tunisian won 11 points more than McNally (31-20). Ons was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the other side, Caty conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
McNally had a favorable start in this set after breaking Jabeur in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the Tunisian managed to stage a great comeback to break Caty 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (5-3) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Jabeur failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.
The Tunisian converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 40-A), the 6th (3-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (4-3 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, Caty was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 66 points. Ons was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Caty (38-28). Ons conceded 11 points on serve (15-11). On the other side, McNally conceded 23 points on serve (17-23).
Ons will add to her prize money $ 850 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 3,150 after this win. If she wins the next match, Jabeur will add $ 1,850 to her earnings to earn $ 5,000 in total.
Match Statistics
After this match, the head to head between Jabeur and McNally is 1-0 for Ons.
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