TENNIS SCORES. Su-Wei Hsieh gets the better of Muguruza in the 1st round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open

TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN - OSAKA. Hsieh hustles Muguruza to come up against Elise Mertens in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Su-Wei Hsieh vs. Garbine Muguruza

Su-Wei Hsieh conquers Garbine Muguruza 3-6 7-61 6-1 in the 1st round in Osaka on Tuesday. Hsieh is going to play against Elise Mertens in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Muguruza didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Hsieh in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Spaniard to win the set as Hsieh succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (3-3) game. The Spaniard maintained her cool to break Hsieh in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

2nd set.

Hsieh won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 6th (2-4) game. The Chinese broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 1.

The Spaniard lost the 5th game (2-3) when she had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.

3rd set.

Muguruza had a great start in this set after breaking Hsieh in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the Chinese found the way to come back to break Garbine 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

The Spaniard was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Hsieh scored 100 points vs. Muguruza’s 87 points.

The Chinese was well focused in converting 55% of the break points that she procured (6/11). On the other side, the Spaniard was pretty effective in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (6/12). However, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Hsieh and Muguruza is 2-0 for Su-Wei.

Next Match: Su-Wei Hsieh vs. Elise Mertens – stats

Hsieh will fight against Mertens in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Su-Wei Hsieh and Elise Mertens clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Hsieh and Mertens (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Hsieh won 6-2 4-0 ret. in the quarter in Tianjin back in 2018.

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