Yue Yuan hustles Xiyu Wang 6-4 7-6(4) in the final in Austin on Sunday in what was an all-Chinese contest. The battle lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Highlights Yue Yuan vs. Xiyu Wang ATX Open – Austin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:13
At the end of the match, Yue scored 86 points vs. Xiyu’s 78.
Yuan
Yue won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Wang
On the other side, Xiyu wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Yuan and Wang is 1-0 for Yue.
This was the 1st career title for Yuan. (see list of titles and finals). Wang 1st remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Guangzhou 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Yuan took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Xiyu Wang in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Yue refused to bow to come back to break Wang in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Yue won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 4-2.
Yuan was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-2 40-A) and the 4th game (2-2 40-A). On the other side, Wang converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (2-1 0-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 78 points. This set was so close that, Yue won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Yuan conceded 15 points on serve (19-15). In addition, on the other side, Wang conceded 20 points on serve (24-20).
Yuan won the set after she broke Wang 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. Xiyu tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Nonetheless, Yue didn’t make any concession anymore to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.
Yuan failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.
Yue missed the opportunity to break Xiyu in the 9th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Notwithstanding also Wang won 4 consecutive games from 2-5 to 6-5
Tiebreak
Yue won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 4th (3-1), 7th (6-1) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Xiyu won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 9th (3-6) and 10th (4-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Yuan converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (5-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Xiyu converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 8th (2-5 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 86 points. Yuan conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Xiyu (46-40). Yue conceded 19 points on serve (21-19). In addition, on the other side, Xiyu conceded 25 points on serve (21-25).
