Linda Noskova ousts Xiyu Wang 6-4 7-6(11) in the 2nd round in Monterrey on Wednesday. Noskova will face Elina Svitolina in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes.
Linda added to her prize money $ 13,245 after winning this match. She has already won $ 26,955 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Czech will add $ 24,249 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,204 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 76 points vs. Wang’s 69.
Noskova
Noskova won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Wang
On the other side, Xiyu was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Noskova and Wang is 1-2 for Xiyu.
Draw and next match H2H: Linda Noskova vs. Elina Svitolina – stats
Noskova will take on Svitolina in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Linda Noskova and Elina Svitolina fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Noskova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Noskova won 3-0 ret. in the 4th round in Melbourne back in January 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Noskova had a strong start of this set after breaking Xiyu Wang in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Noskova to win the set as Xiyu found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Linda kept her cool to break Xiyu in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Linda failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.
The Czech converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 8th (5-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Xiyu converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-2 30-40), the 5th (1-3 0-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 62 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Chinese (35-27). Linda surrendered 14 points on serve (19-14). In addition, on the other side, Wang conceded 16 points on serve (13-16).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Noskova won a thrilling breaker 13-11 after a huge fight with 24 points played.
Tiebreak
Noskova won 6 minibreaks in the 9th (4-5), 10th (5-5), 14th (7-7), 18th (9-9), 21st (11-10) and 24th (13-11) point. On the other side, the Chinese won 4 minibreaks in the 7th (5-2), 12th (6-6), 15th (8-7) and 20th (10-10) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 8-9, 9-9, 10-9, 10-10, 11-10, 11-11, 12-11, 13-11
Linda was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Linda saved 6 set points when she was 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 6-7, 7-8 and 8-9 down. On the other side, the Czech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 83 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Czech won this set even if she scored less points 1 than the Chinese (41-42). The Czech conceded 10 points on serve (28-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Xiyu conceded 13 points on serve (32-13).
Tennis Scores in Monterrey
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- Magdalena FrechFrech – Lina GlushkoGlushko (6-72 6-3 6-1)
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Xiyu WangWang (6-4 7-611)
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (6-4 6-3)
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (6-3 6-4)
- Lulu SunSun – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (6-3 2-6 7-62)
- Erika AndreevaAndreeva – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (1-6 6-3 6-3)
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