Xinyu Wang survives Ekaterina Alexandrova 4-6 7-5 7-6(6) in the quarter in Wuhan on Friday after conquering a huge battle. The battle lasted 2 hours and 50 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the qualifications in 2019. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Highlights Xinyu Wang vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Wuhan Open – Wuhan
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:50
At the end of the match, Xin Yu scored 116 points vs. Alexandrova’s 115.
Wang
The Chinese won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.
Alexandrova
On the other side, Alexandrova was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Wang and Alexandrova is 2-1 for Xin Yu.
Live score progression and stats
Wang took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Alexandrova to win the set since Xin Yu managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Alexandrova kept her cool to break the Chinese in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
Alexandrova was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 4th (2-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Chinese was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 15-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 72 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Russian won just 2 more points than Wang (37-35). The Russian conceded 21 points on serve (17-21). Regarding the other side of the net, Wang conceded 20 points on serve (14-20).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Xin Yu snatched in the 12th game (7-5) before ultimately winning the set (7-5).
Xin Yu failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
Xin Yu 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). In addition on the other side, Alexandrova was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 6th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Wang won just 3 points more than the Russian (40-37). Wang dropped 13 points on serve (27-13). on the other side of the net, Ekaterina conceded 13 points on serve (24-13).
The Chinese conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Chinese broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 8-6.
Tiebreak
Wang won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 2nd (2-0), 5th (5-0), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Russian won 3 minibreaks in the 7th (2-5), 8th (3-5) and 11th (6-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Xin Yu was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 10th game (4-5 40-A). Wang saved 1 set point when she was trailing 5-6. On the other side, the Russian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 82 points. This set was so close that, Wang won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Chinese conceded 15 points on serve (21-15). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 20 points on serve (26-20).
Tennis Scores in Wuhan
- Xinyu WangWang – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (4-6 7-5 7-66)
- Cori GauffGauff – Magda LinetteLinette (6-0 6-4)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-2 6-2)
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