TENNIS SCORES. Lesley Kerkhove prevails over Ma in the qualifications in Guangzhou

GUANGZHOU OPEN - GUANGZHOU. Kerkhove defeats Ma to play Andrea Petkovic in the 1st round

Prediction and head to head Lesley Kerkhove vs. Shuyue Ma

Lesley Kerkhove dispatches Shuyue Ma 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in Guangzhou on Sunday. Kerkhove will square off with Andrea Petkovic in the 1st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Dutch in this set was too good for the Chinese and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Ma in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

2nd set.

The Dutch won the set after she broke Ma in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Shuyu2 tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. However, the Dutch managed to stay calm and finish the job before winning the set 6-4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Lesley scored 59 points vs. Ma’s 39 points.

Lesley served extremely well to win 84% of the points (27/32) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 41% points (9/22) on her second serve. Lesley was stunning in converting all the break points (4/4). On the other side, the Chinese was struggling in converting her break points since she converted only 33% of her break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Kerkhove and Ma is 1-0 for Lesley.

Next Match: Lesley Kerkhove vs. Andrea Petkovic – stats

Kerkhove will play Petkovic in the 1st round.

This will be the 2nd time that Lesley Kerkhove and Andrea Petkovic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Petkovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Petkovic won 7-63 6-1 in the qualifications in St. Petersburg back in 2017.

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