BEIJING. Determined Zidansek survives Stosur in the qualifications

Tamara Zidansek outlasts Samantha Stosur 6-2 4-6 7-6¹ in the qualifications in Beijing on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Zidansek will play Christina Mchale in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Zidansek in this set was too strong for the Australian and consequentely she won 6-2 after breaking Samantha in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

2^nd set.

Samantha won the set after she broke the Slovenian in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. Tamara tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. Notwithstanding, Stosur kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-4.

3^rd set.

Zidansek won the set after she broke the Australian in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 10^th (5-5) game. Samantha tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (3-4) game. Nonetheless, Tamara kept the focus before winning the set at the following breaker at 1.

Stosur lost the 4^th game (3-1) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.

Anyhow also Stosur won 4 consecutive games from 1-3 to 5-3

Statistics

At the end of the match, Zidansek scored 112 points vs. Stosur’s 106 points.

The Slovenian won this match even if she was struggling in converting her break points since she converted only 36% (5/14). On the other side, Stosur was not so effective in converting her break points because she converted only 44% of her break points (4/9). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Zidansek and Stosur is 1-0 for Tamara.

Next Match: Tamara Zidansek vs. Christina Mchale – stats

Zidansek will come up against Mchale in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Tamara Zidansek and Christina Mchale since this will be the first time that they will fight 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
• Magda LinetteLinette – Kristie AhnAhn (6-2 6-1) – 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
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Astra SharmaSharma (6-4 6-3) – 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

Upcoming matches

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