TENNIS SCORES. Polona Hercog downs Wang in the 1st round of the Zhengzhou Open

Polona Hercog wins against Meiling Wang 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in Zhengzhou on Tuesday. Hercog will face off with Karolina Pliskova in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Hercog won the set after she broke Wang in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. That break turned to be decisive for Polona to win the set as she didn’t drop her serve in the rest of the set.

2^nd set.

Polona won the set after she broke Wang in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. Wang tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (4-3) game. However, Hercog kept the focus before winning the set 6-4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Polona scored 66 points vs. Meiling’s 54 points.

The Slovenian served extremely well to win 88% of the points (28/32) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 39% points (12/31) on her second serve. The Slovenian was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6). On the other side, Meiling was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 17% of her break points (1/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Hercog and Wang is 1-0 for Polona.

Next Match: Polona Hercog vs. Karolina Pliskova – stats

Hercog will compete against Pliskova in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 6^th time that Polona Hercog and Karolina Pliskova clash against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Pliskova won 6-1 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Tianjin back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Zhengzhou

• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Ying-Ying DuanDuan (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Saisai ZhengZheng – Bibiane SchoofsSchoofs (7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Polona HercogHercog – Meiling WangWang (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Fiona FerroFerro – Zhaoxuan YangYang (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Lesley KerkhoveKerkhove (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Xiaodi YouYou (6-3 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Alison RiskeRiske – Angelique KerberKerber (5-7 6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Alize CornetCornet – Jia-Jing LuLu (7-6¹ 6-1) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Chloe PaquetPaquet (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (6-1 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Polona HercogHercog (4-1) – See H2H details
• Kiki BertensBertens – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (2-0) – See H2H details
• Saisai ZhengZheng – Alison RiskeRiske (2-4) – See H2H details
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-0) – See H2H details
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-4) – See H2H details