Bernarda Pera defeats Tamara Zidansek 7-5 7-5 in the qualifications in Wuhan on Saturday. Pera will face Jennifer Brady in the 1st round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Pera had a great start in this set after breaking Zidansek in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for Pera to win the set since the Slovenian found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. Pera kept her focus to break the Slovenian in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).
2nd set.
Zidansek had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Pera in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the American succeeded in coming back to break the Slovenian 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Pera failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 15.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Bernarda scored 87 points vs. the Slovenian’s 74 points.
Pera was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that she procured (6/10). On the other side, the Slovenian was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 27% of her break points (4/15). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Pera and Zidansek is 1-0 for Bernarda.
Next Match: Bernarda Pera vs. Jennifer Brady – stats
Pera will play Brady in the 1st round.
There is no head to head record between Bernarda Pera and Jennifer Brady since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Wuhan
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