Yafan Wang brushes past Paula Badosa Gibert 6-1 6-3 in the quarter in Seoul on Friday after playing a fantastic match to play Karolina Muchova in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Wang was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Badosa in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Chinese reinforced her lead after breaking Paula in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
2nd set.
The Chinese won the set after she broke Paula in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. That break was the key for Wang to conquer the set because she didn’t drop her serve in the rest of the set.
The Spaniard was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Wang scored 59 points vs. the Spaniard’s 32 points.
Yafan served pretty well to win 84% of the points (21/25) behind her first serve, and she won 71% points (15/21) on her second serve. The Chinese was pretty effective in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6). On the other side, Badosa wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Wang and Badosa is 1-0 for Yafan.
Next Match: Yafan Wang vs. Karolina Muchova – stats
Wang will fight against Muchova in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Yafan Wang and Karolina Muchova since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Magda LinetteLinette – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Kristie AhnAhn (6-70 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Priscilla HonHon (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Yafan WangWang – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Yafan WangWang – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – See H2H details
- Magda LinetteLinette – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – See H2H details
