BEIJING. Anastasia Potapova gets the better of Sharma in the qualifications

Anastasia Potapova downs Astra Sharma 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in Beijing on Friday. Potapova will clash against Lauren Davis in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Russian conquered in the 3^rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Potapova had a favorable start in this set after breaking Sharma in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, there was more to do for Anastasia to win the set since Astra found the way to break back in the 8^th (3-5) game. Anastasia maintained her cool to break the Australian in the 9^th (6-3) game.

The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 71 points vs. Sharma’s 60 points.

The Russian was effective when converting 57% of the break points that she procured (4/7). On the other side, Sharma was struggling in converting her break points as she converted only 20% of her break points (1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Potapova and Sharma is 1-0 for Anastasia.

Next Match: Anastasia Potapova vs. Lauren Davis – stats

Potapova will compete against Davis in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Anastasia Potapova and Lauren Davis since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Xinyu GaoGao (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Timea BabosBabos (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Misaki DoiDoi – Nicole GibbsGibbs (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Astra SharmaSharma (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Christina MchaleMchale – Xiaodi YouYou (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Fang Ying XunYing Xun (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Lin ZhuZhu (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Yue YuanYuan – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Shilin XuXu (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Heather WatsonWatson – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Xinyun HanHan (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Lauren DavisDavis – Monica NiculescuNiculescu (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Yuxuan ZhangZhang (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Magda LinetteLinette – Kristie AhnAhn (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Samantha StosurStosur (6-2 4-6 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Bernarda PeraPera – Shuyue MaMa (6-4 6-2) – See score progression

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