Sloane Stephens defeats Bacsinszky in the 1st round in London

Sloane Stephens ousts Timea Bacsinszky 6-2 6-4 in the 1^st round in London on Tuesday.

Match Report, stats, and key facts

1^st set.

Stephens in this set was too good for Timea and therefore she won the set 6-2 after breaking Timea 3 times in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (5-1) and in the 8^th (6-2) game. Stephens was broken in the in the 7^th (5-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to conquer the set.

Stephens failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 0.

2^nd set.

Stephens won the set after she broke Bacsinszky in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. The Swiss tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9^th (5-4) game. However, Stephens kept the focus before winning the set.

After this match, the head to head between Stephens and Bacsinszky is 3-0 for Sloane.

Stephens’s Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVzbGClrSZk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBGivPLPLvU

Sloane Stephens vs. Yafan Wang H2H

Stephens will take on Wang in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Sloane Stephens and Yafan Wang since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.