TENNIS SCORES. Kudermetova aces Mchale in the 2nd round of the Japan Women’s Open

Veronika Kudermetova topples Christina Mchale 7-6⁷ 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Hiroshima on Wednesday. Kudermetova will fight against Laura Siegemund

in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Veronika won the set after she broke Christina in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Mchale tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 12^th (6-6) game. Nevertheless, the Russian kept the focus before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 7.

Veronika failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.

2^nd set.

Mchale had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Kudermetova in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, the Russian succeeded in coming back to break the American 3 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 6^th (4-2) gamein the 8^th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Mchale was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 78 points vs. the American’s 63 points.

Kudermetova didn’t lose the focus when converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9). On the other side, Christina was pretty good in converting 60%

of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Kudermetova and Mchale is 1-0 for Veronika.

Next Match: Veronika Kudermetova vs. Laura Siegemund – stats

Kudermetova will take on Siegemund in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Veronika Kudermetova and Laura Siegemund since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Hiroshima

• Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Priscilla HonHon (1-6 7-6² 7-5) – See score progression
• Nao HibinoHibino – Zarina DiyasDiyas (6-1 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Christina MchaleMchale (7-6⁷ 6-2) – See score progression
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-2 5-7 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (2-2) – See H2H details
• Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescu – Kurumi NaraNara (0-0) – See H2H details
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Varvara FlinkFlink (0-0) – See H2H details
• Misaki DoiDoi – Zoe HivesHives (0-0) – See H2H details
• Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Nao HibinoHibino (2-0) – See H2H details
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – See H2H details