TENNIS SCORES. Wang topples Wickmayer in the qualifications of the U.S. Open

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Wang beats Wickmayer

Prediction and head to head Xiyu Wang vs. Yanina Wickmayer

Xiyu Wang dispatches Yanina Wickmayer 6-4 7-5 in the qualifications in New York on Thursday.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Chinese conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

2nd set.

Wickmayer overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Wang in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the Chinese succeeded in coming back to break Yanina 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 10th (5-5) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Yanina was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 74 points vs. the Belgian’s 58 points.

The Chinese served pretty well to win 81% of the points (35/43) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 39% points (7/18) on her second serve. Xiyu won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 44% (4/9). On the other side, the Belgian had some problems in converting her break points since she converted only 33% of her break points (2/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Wang and Wickmayer is 2-0 for Xiyu.

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