Rebecca Peterson powers past Nina Stojanovic 6-3 6-1 in the semifinal in Nanchang on Saturday after playing a remarkable match to play Elena Rybakina in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Peterson had a racing start in this set after breaking Stojanovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Yet, there was more to do for Rebecca to win the set since Nina found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game.
A crucial moment of the match was when Rebecca won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
2nd set.
Rebecca won the set after she broke Stojanovic 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game. That break resulted decisive for the Swede to conquer the set because she didn’t concede her serve during the rest of the set.
The Serbian was powerless in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-1 to 6-1).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Rebecca scored 69 points vs. the Serbian’s 44 points.
The Swede was pretty good in converting 83% of the break points that she procured (5/6). On the other side, the Serbian had a tough time 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 defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Peterson and Stojanovic is 1-0 for Rebecca.
Next Match: Rebecca Peterson vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Peterson will take on Rybakina in the final.
There is no head to head record between Rebecca Peterson and Elena Rybakina since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Nanchang
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Shuai PengPeng (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (0-0) – See H2H details
