Yafan Wang upsets Victoria Azarenka 6-4 3-6 6-1 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday. Wang will have to play Paula Badosa in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2016, 2018 and 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
The Chinese added to her prize money $ 110,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 325,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Chinese will add $ 205,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 530,000 in total.
Wang’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:22
At the end of the match, Yafan scored 85 points vs. Azarenka’s 76.
Wang
Wang won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points after she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Azarenka
On the other side, Victoria was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (4/6). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Wang and Azarenka is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Yafan Wang vs. Paula Badosa – stats
Wang will face Badosa in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Yafan Wang and Paula Badosa face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Wang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Wang won 6-1 6-3 in the quarter in Seoul back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Yafan won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Yafan broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game to conquer the set 6-4.
The Chinese converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Victoria was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).
They played 53 points. Wang was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than the Belarussian (29-24). Yafan conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). On the other side, Victoria conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
Wang came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Victoria Azarenka in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Victoria managed to stage a good comeback to break Yafan in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).
A crucial moment of this set was when the Belarussian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the score from 0-1 to 4-1.
Azarenka was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Yafan was spot on in converting all her break points in the 0th (1-1 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 67 points. The Belarussian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than the Chinese (38-29). The Belarussian dropped 13 points on serve (23-13). In addition, on the other side, the Chinese conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
Wang got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Victoria Azarenka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Yafan to win the set as Victoria managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. The Chinese maintained her cool to break the Belarussian in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Certainly, a key moment was when the Chinese won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to bring the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
The Chinese converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the Belarussian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (0-4 40-A).
They played 40 points. The Chinese conquered the set after winning 14 points more than Azarenka (27-13). Wang lost 10 points on serve (15-10). In addition, on the other side, Victoria conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Yafan WangWang – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-4 3-6 6-1)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (2-6 6-1 6-2)
- Paula BadosaBadosa – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (4-6 6-1 7-68)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (6-2 6-1)
- Elise MertensMertens – Madison KeysKeys (6-75 7-5 6-4)
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 4-6 6-3)
- Donna VekicVekic – Peyton StearnsStearns (7-5 6-4)
- Cori GauffGauff – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (3-6 6-3 6-3)
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