STRASBOURG STATS. Spirited Diyas survives Mchale in the 1st round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg

INTERNATIONAUX DE STRASBOURG - STRASBOURG DRAW AND RESULTS. Diyas outlasts Mchale to play Nao Hibino in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Zarina Diyas outlasts Christina Mchale 6-74 7-5 7-63 in the 1st round in Strasbourg on Monday after winning a huge battle. Diyas will play Nao Hibino in the 2nd round.

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Mchale started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Diyas in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Christina to win the set as the Kazakhstani found the way to break back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (4-4) game. The American maintained her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 4.

The American lost a big opportunity to break Zarina in the 3rd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

The Kazakhstani lost the 1st game (1-0) when she had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.

Tiebreak

Christina won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Diyas won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (2-4) and 10th (4-6) point.

Mchale won the tiebreak 7-4 after she conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

The American converted 20% of her break points (2/10). She had 10 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 2nd (2-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Kazakhstani converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A).

They contested 110 points. Christina was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Kazakhstani (57-53). Christina lost 19 points on serve (30-19). On the other side, the Kazakhstani conceded 27 points on serve (34-27).

Mchale had a favorable start in this set after breaking Diyas in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Yet, Zarina refused to bow to come back to break the American 4 times in the 5th (1-4), in the 7th (3-4), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

The Kazakhstani failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Kazakhstani won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-4 to 5-4. Anyhow also Christina won 4 consecutive games from 0-0 to 4-0

Zarina converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (0-4 30-40), the 7th (2-4 30-40), the 8th (4-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Mchale converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 68 points. The Kazakhstani won 4 points more than Mchale (36-32). Diyas surrendered 17 points on serve (16-17). on the other side of the court, Christina conceded 20 points on serve (15-20).

Mchale got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Diyas in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Zarina refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Mchale 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 3.

Diyas failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 0.

The American surrendered the 9th game (5-4) when she had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.

Tiebreak

Diyas won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Mchale won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 6th (3-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-c

Diyas converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 0-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 9th (4-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Mchale converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40).

They played 85 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Zarina won just 3 more points than Christina (44-41). Zarina lost 20 points on serve (18-20). On the other side, the American conceded 26 points on serve (21-26).

Diyas will add to her prize money € 726 after winning this match. She has won already € 3,347 after this win. If she wins the next match, Diyas will add € 806 to her earnings to get in total € 4,153 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults and breaks

Diyas
Mchale
Zarina Diyas
6-74 7-5 7-63
Christina Mchale
133
133
Total points
130
130
54
54
Winners
49
49
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
2
2
7
7
Double Faults
6
6
77%
77%
1st in
69%
69%
53%
53%
1st won
54%
54%
54/102
54/102
1st won
49/90
49/90
48%
48%
2nd won
43%
43%
15/31
15/31
2nd won
17/40
17/40
-- Break Points --
9/17
9/17
Total
8/21
8/21
53%
53%
Won
38%
38%
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At the end of the match, Diyas scored 133 points vs. Christina’s 130.

The Kazakhstani was effective when converting 53% of the break points that she conquered (9/17). On the other side, Christina was battling in converting her break points (only 38% – 8/21). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Diyas and Mchale is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Zarina Diyas vs. Nao Hibino – stats

Diyas will play Hibino in the 2nd round.

This will be the 5th time that Zarina Diyas and Nao Hibino clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Diyas and Hibino (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Hibino won 6-1 3-2 ret. in the 2nd round in Hiroshima back in 2019.

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