TENNIS SCORES WUHAN. Superb Kuznetsova blitzes Mattek-Sands in the qualifications in Wuhan

WUHAN OPEN - WUHAN. Kuznetsova trashes Mattek-Sands to square off with Yulia Putintseva in the 1st round

Prediction and head to head Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Svetlana Kuznetsova too good for Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in Wuhan on Saturday after playing a good match to come up against Yulia Putintseva in the 1st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Kuznetsova in this set was too good for Bethanie and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Bethanie in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

2nd set.

Kuznetsova had a favorable start in this set after breaking Mattek-Sands in the 1st game (1-0). However, that was not enough for Svetlana to win the set because Bethanie found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Svetlana maintained her cool to break the American in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Bethanie couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 57 points vs. Bethanie’s 31 points.

Svetlana served very well to win 78% of the points (21/27) behind her first serve, and she won 64% points (9/14) on her second serve. The Russian was effective when converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7). On the other side, Bethanie was pretty effective in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kuznetsova and Mattek-Sands is 3-0 for Svetlana.

Next Match: Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Yulia Putintseva – stats

Kuznetsova will take on Putintseva in the 1st round.

This will be the 4th time that Svetlana Kuznetsova and Yulia Putintseva clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kuznetsova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Kuznetsova won 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Washington back in 2018.

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