Xiyu Wang hustles Taylor Townsend 6-2 0-6 7-5 in the 3rd round in Rome on Saturday. Wang will square off with Qinwen Zheng in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes.
The Chinese added to her prize money € 16,430 after winning this match. She has already won € 39,130 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Chinese will add € 34,800 to her earnings to get in total € 73,930 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:12
At the end of the match, Wang scored 92 points vs. the American’s 89.
Wang
Wang won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points as she converted only 31% (5/16) of the procured opportunities.
Townsend
On the other side, Townsend was struggling when converting her break points (only 42% – 5/12). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Wang and Townsend is 2-1 for Xiyu.
Draw and next match H2H: Xiyu Wang vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats
Wang will square off with Zheng in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Xiyu Wang and Qinwen Zheng square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Zheng won 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the final in Valencia back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Wang commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Taylor Townsend in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Xiyu managed to stage a great comeback to break the American 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Wang failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.
A defining moment of this set was when Wang won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-1 to 4-1.
Xiyu converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the American converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 0th (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (1-6 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 62 points. Wang won 10 points more than the American (36-26). The Chinese surrendered 13 points on serve (19-13). On the other side, Townsend conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).
There was not much of a fight in this set as Townsend conceded no games to Wang before winning the set 6-0.
Townsend was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (4-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (6–1 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Chinese was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st game (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 41 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Chinese (25-16). Townsend lost 6 points on serve (13-6). In addition, on the other side, the Chinese conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
Xiyu conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Xiyu broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Townsend was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-5 to 7-5.
Xiyu converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (4-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A).
They contested 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Xiyu won just 3 points more than Taylor (40-37). Xiyu lost 12 points on serve (21-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Townsend conceded 19 points on serve (25-19).
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