TENNIS SCORES WUHAN. Immense Hercog destroys Pegula in the 1st round of the Wuhan Open

Polona Hercog clobbers Jessica Pegula 6-0 6-1 in the 1^st round in Wuhan on Sunday after playing a remarkable match to square off with Petra Kvitova in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

This was a one way set after Polona conceded no games to the American before winning the set 6-0.

2^nd set.

Polona won the set after she broke Pegula in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game. That break was crucial for Hercog to conquer the set because she didn’t drop her serve in the rest of the set.

Pegula was unable to find the solution in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Hercog scored 49 points vs. Jessica’s 24 points.

Polona served extremely well to win 82% of the points (18/22) behind her first serve, and she won 65% points (11/17) on her second serve. The Slovenian was effective in converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8). On the other side, Jessica wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Hercog and Pegula is 1-0 for Polona.

Next Match: Polona Hercog vs. Petra Kvitova – stats

Hercog will face Kvitova in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Polona Hercog and Petra Kvitova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Kvitova won 7-6⁶ 6-1 in the 1^st round in New York back in 2012.

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Venus WilliamsWilliams (7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Polona HercogHercog – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Bernarda PeraPera – Jennifer BradyBrady (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

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• Samantha StosurStosur – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (1-0) – See H2H details
• Bernarda PeraPera – Kiki BertensBertens (0-1) – See H2H details
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Polona HercogHercog (1-0) – See H2H details