Xinyu Wang stuns Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells on Friday after playing an extraordinary match to deal with Barbora Krejcikova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reach the qualifications in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Wang added to her prize money $ 24,885 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 55,770 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Chinese will add $ 41,185 to her earnings to get in total $ 96,955 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Xin Yu scored 67 points vs. the Russian’s 46.
Wang
The Chinese was effective when converting 71% of the break points that she procured (5/7).
Alexandrova
On the other side, Ekaterina was battling in converting her break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Wang and Alexandrova is 1-0 for Xin Yu.
Draw and next match H2H: Xinyu Wang vs. Barbora Krejcikova – stats
Wang will fight against Krejcikova in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Xinyu Wang and Barbora Krejcikova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Krejcikova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Krejcikova won 6-1 6-2 in the semifinal in Prague back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Wang was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 1st game (1-0). Wang managed to boost her lead after breaking Alexandrova in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).
The Chinese converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 62 points. Xin Yu conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Ekaterina (36-26). Wang conceded 11 points on serve (20-11). On the other side, Ekaterina conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).
The Chinese won the set after she broke the Russian 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Alexandrova tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Anyhow, the Chinese kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.
Xin Yu failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.
A crucial moment of this set was when Xin Yu won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.
The Chinese was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-2 30-40), the 6th (4-2 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, the Russian converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 51 points. Wang was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than the Russian (31-20). Xin Yu surrendered 14 points on serve (19-14). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (6-12).
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