Christina Mchale grounds Andrea Petkovic 6-0 7-5 in the qualifications in Wuhan on Friday after playing a fantastic match to play Xinyun Han in the qualifications.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
There was not much story in this set after Christina conceded no games to Petkovic before winning the set 6-0.
2nd set.
Mchale was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Petkovic in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Christina to win the set as Andrea succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game. The American maintained her cool to break the German in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the American scored 68 points vs. Andrea’s 47 points.
The American was pretty effective in converting 64% of the break points that she procured (7/11). On the other side, Petkovic wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 38% of her break points (3/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Mchale and Petkovic is 2-2.
Next Match: Christina Mchale vs. Xinyun Han – stats
Mchale will compete against Han in the qualifications.
There is no head to head record between Christina Mchale and Xinyun Han since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Wuhan
- Xinyun HanHan – Fiona FerroFerro (2-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Lauren DavisDavis – Lesley KerkhoveKerkhove (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Bernarda PeraPera – Nicole GibbsGibbs (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Sachia VickeryVickery (5-7 7-64 6-0) – See score progression
- Kurumi NaraNara – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ellen PerezPerez – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (3-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Yanina WickmayerWickmayer (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Zarina DiyasDiyas – Clara TausonTauson (6-4 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Yue YuanYuan (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Heather WatsonWatson (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Christina MchaleMchale – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Lin ZhuZhu – Gabriela DabrowskiDabrowski (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Bethanie Mattek-SandsMattek-Sands – Fang Ying XunYing Xun (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe (1-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (0-0) – See H2H details
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Kurumi NaraNara (0-0) – See H2H details
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (0-0) – See H2H details
- Xinyun HanHan – Christina MchaleMchale (0-0) – See H2H details
- Lauren DavisDavis – Zarina DiyasDiyas (1-0) – See H2H details
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Bethanie Mattek-SandsMattek-Sands (2-0) – See H2H details
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Ellen PerezPerez (0-0) – See H2H details
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Bernarda PeraPera (0-0) – See H2H details