Rebecca Peterson rolls over Heather Watson 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in Wuhan on Friday after playing a fantastic match to deal with Kateryna Kozlova in the qualifications.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Watson conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Peterson in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the Swede managed to stage a good comeback to break Watson 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Watson was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).
2nd set.
Peterson came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Watson in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Swede managed to boost her lead after breaking Watson in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Peterson scored 56 points vs. Watson’s 36 points.
The Swede was pretty good in converting 71% of the break points that she procured (5/7). On the other side, the Brit was stunning in converting all the break points (1/1). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Peterson and Watson is 1-0 for Rebecca.
Next Match: Rebecca Peterson vs. Kateryna Kozlova – stats
Peterson will fight against Kozlova in the qualifications.
There is no head to head record between Rebecca Peterson and Kateryna Kozlova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Wuhan
- Kurumi NaraNara – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Heather WatsonWatson (6-2 6-2) – 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
- Christina MchaleMchale – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Bernarda PeraPera – Nicole GibbsGibbs (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Xinyun HanHan – Fiona FerroFerro (2-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Lin ZhuZhu – Gabriela DabrowskiDabrowski (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Yanina WickmayerWickmayer (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Lauren DavisDavis – Lesley KerkhoveKerkhove (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Zarina DiyasDiyas – Clara TausonTauson (6-4 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Ellen PerezPerez – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (3-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Yue YuanYuan (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Sachia VickeryVickery (5-7 7-64 6-0) – See score progression
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-2 6-4) – 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