Su-Wei Hsieh outlasts Priscilla Hon 1-6 7-62 7-5 in the 2nd round in Hiroshima on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Hsieh will fight against Nao Hibino in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Hon had a strong start of this set after breaking Hsieh in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Hon managed to boost her lead after breaking Hsieh in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
A crucial moment of the match was when Hon won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
2nd set.
Hon didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Hsieh in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Hsieh managed to stage a good comeback to break the Australian 4 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (4-4), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game before winning the set at the breaker at 2.
The Chinese failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 30.
3rd set.
The Chinese won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Hsieh broke back 3 times in the 7th (3-4), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set 7-5.
Hon was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).
Statistics
Su-Wei won this encounter even if she scored less points than Priscilla (107 vs. 109).
The Chinese won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 39% (7/18). On the other side, the Australian was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 47% of her break points (8/17). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Hsieh and Hon is 1-0 for Su-Wei.
Next Match: Su-Wei Hsieh vs. Nao Hibino – stats
Hsieh will play Hibino in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Su-Wei Hsieh and Nao Hibino fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Hsieh (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Hsieh won 6-0 6-3 in the 1st round in Auckland back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in Hiroshima
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-2 5-7 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
- Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Priscilla HonHon (1-6 7-62 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
