WUHAN. Kiki Bertens gets the better of Pera in the 2nd round

Kiki Bertens dispatches Bernarda Pera 3-6 6-4 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Wuhan on Tuesday. Bertens will square off with Aryna Sabalenka in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Bertens conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 7^th (3-4) game, Kiki broke back in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 10^th (6-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

3^rd set.

Kiki in this set played a much better tennis than the American and therefore she won 6-2. The American broke the Dutch 3 times in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game. However, Kiki broke her opponent in the 5^th (3-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to win the set (6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Dutch scored 90 points vs. the American’s 83 points.

The Dutch served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (33/44) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 48% points (14/29) on her second serve. The Dutch won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points because she converted only 42% (5/12). On the other side, Pera was pretty effective in converting 75% of the break points that she conquered points (3/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Bertens and Pera is 2-0 for Kiki.

Next Match: Kiki Bertens vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Bertens will take on Sabalenka in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Kiki Bertens and Aryna Sabalenka play each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Bertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Bertens won 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the quarter in Eastbourne back in June 2019.

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

• Kiki BertensBertens – Bernarda PeraPera (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Caroline GarciaGarcia (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Qiang WangWang – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (6-0 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Simona HalepHalep – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Elise MertensMertens (4-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Alison RiskeRiske – Monica PuigPuig (2-6 7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-1 6-7³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Christina MchaleMchale (6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Sloane StephensStephens – Yafan WangWang (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Belinda BencicBencic (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Polona HercogHercog (7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (6-1 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Sofia KeninKenin (3-1) – See H2H details
• Petra MarticMartic – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Simona HalepHalep – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Kiki BertensBertens (0-4) – See H2H details
• Qiang WangWang – Alison RiskeRiske (0-2) – See H2H details
• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-2) – See H2H details
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Sloane StephensStephens (0-2) – See H2H details
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-1) – See H2H details