TENNIS SCORES. Nicole Gibbs stuns Riske in the 1st round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open

Nicole Gibbs stuns Alison Riske 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in Osaka on Monday. Gibbs will engage against Angelique Kerber in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Nicole conquered in the 7^th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Gibbs had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Riske in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Nicole to win the set as Alison succeeded in breaking back in the 4^th (2-2) game. Gibbs maintained her cool to break Riske in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Gibbs scored 85 points vs. Alison’s 73 points.

Gibbs won this match even if she had some problems in converting her break points as she converted only 25% (4/16). On the other side, Alison had some problems in converting her break points since she converted only 13% of her break points (1/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Gibbs and Riske is 1-0 for Nicole.

Next Match: Nicole Gibbs vs. Angelique Kerber – stats

Gibbs will come up against Kerber in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Nicole Gibbs and Angelique Kerber since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Osaka

• Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Alize CornetCornet (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicole GibbsGibbs – Alison RiskeRiske (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Xinyun HanHan (7-6⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Monica PuigPuig (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-3 6-1) – See score progression

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