TENNIS SCORES. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova bests Wang in the 1st round in Wuhan

Barbora Strycova beats Xiyu Wang 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in Wuhan on Sunday. Zahlavova Strycova will square off with Simona Halep in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Barbora won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, Zahlavova Strycova broke back in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

2^nd set.

Zahlavova Strycova in this set played a much better tennis than the Chinese and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking the Chinese in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Zahlavova Strycova scored 67 points vs. the Chinese’s 55 points.

Barbora was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (4/8). On the other side, the Chinese was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 17% of her break points (1/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Zahlavova Strycova and Wang is 1-0 for Barbora.

Next Match: Barbora Strycova vs. Simona Halep – stats

Zahlavova Strycova will take on Halep in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 7^th time that Barbora Strycova and Simona Halep fight against each other. The head to head is 5-1 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Halep won 6-2 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Indian Wells back in March 2019.

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

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• Polona HercogHercog – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
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• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression

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