TENNIS SCORES. Mchale bests Han in the qualifications in Wuhan

Christina Mchale gets the better of Xinyun Han 6-1 4-6 6-2 in the qualifications in Wuhan on Saturday. Mchale will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Anastasija Sevastova in the 1^st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Mchale started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Han in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Christina reinforced her lead after breaking Xinyun in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Xinyun lost the 2^nd game (2-0) when she was comfortably leading 40-0.

2^nd set.

Mchale was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Han in the 1^st game (1-0). However, the Chinese succeeded in coming back to break Mchale 4 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (4-2) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

3^rd set.

Han was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Mchale in the 2^nd game (2-0). Yet, the American managed to stage a good comeback to break the Chinese 3 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Han was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Christina scored 103 points vs. Han’s 82 points.

The American didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (8/12). On the other side, Han was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 36% of her break points (5/14). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Mchale and Han is 1-0 for Christina.

Next Match: Christina Mchale vs. Anastasija Sevastova – stats

Mchale will come up against Sevastova in the 1^st round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Christina Mchale and Anastasija Sevastova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mchale (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Mchale won 6-0 5-7 7-6² in the 1^st round in Nottingham back in 2017.

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

• Christina MchaleMchale – Xinyun HanHan (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Lauren DavisDavis – Zarina DiyasDiyas (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (6-1 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Kurumi NaraNara (6-1 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Bernarda PeraPera – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Bethanie Mattek-SandsMattek-Sands (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Ellen PerezPerez (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Lin ZhuZhu – Ons JabeurJabeur (2-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression

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• Jennifer BradyBrady – Bernarda PeraPera (0-0) – See H2H details
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• Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Alison RiskeRiske (0-0) – See H2H details
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• Shuai PengPeng – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-2) – See H2H details
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• Shuai ZhangZhang – Sloane StephensStephens (2-2) – See H2H details
• Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Christina MchaleMchale (0-1) – See H2H details
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-2) – See H2H details
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