TENNIS SCORES. Misaki Doi topples Namigata in the 1st round in Hiroshima

Misaki Doi victorious over Junri Namigata 4-6 7-5 6-2 in the 1^st round in Hiroshima on Tuesday. Doi will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Zoe Hives in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Doi took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Namigata in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, Junri refused to bow to come back to break Doi 4 times in the 4^th (1-3), in the 6^th (2-4), in the 8^th (4-4) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Misaki was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-4 to 6-4).

2^nd set.

Misaki won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4^th (1-3) and in the 8^th (3-5) game. Doi broke back 3 times in the 5^th (2-3), in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

Namigata lost the 9^th game (4-5) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.

Namigata was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).

3^rd set.

Namigata started the set strong after breaking Doi in the 2^nd game (2-0). Yet, Doi succeeded in coming back to break Namigata 3 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Junri couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Doi scored 111 points vs. Junri’s 104 points.

Doi didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (9/18). On the other side, Namigata was effective in converting 54% of the break points that she procured points (7/13). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Doi and Namigata is 1-0 for Misaki.

Next Match: Misaki Doi vs. Zoe Hives – stats

Doi will play Hives in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Misaki Doi and Zoe Hives since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Hiroshima

• Nao HibinoHibino – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-7² 7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Zoe HivesHives – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Kurumi NaraNara – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Christina MchaleMchale – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Risa OzakiOzaki (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Misaki DoiDoi – Junri NamigataNamigata (4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescu – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Varvara FlinkFlink – Kristina KucovaKucova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig – Ayano ShimizuShimizu (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Valeria SavinykhSavinykh (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Priscilla HonHon – Katarzyna KawaKawa (6-0 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (6-4 6-2) – 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