BEIJING. Rebecca Peterson overcomes Doi in the qualifications of the China Open

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING. Peterson bests Doi to square off with Simona Halep in the 1st round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Rebecca Peterson vs. Misaki Doi

Rebecca Peterson dispatches Misaki Doi 6-1 6-73 6-2 in the qualifications in Beijing on Saturday. Peterson will play Simona Halep in the 1st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Peterson enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Doi in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Peterson improved her lead after breaking Misaki in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

2nd set.

The Japanese won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game. Misaki broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 3.

3rd set.

Peterson commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Doi in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more to do for Peterson to win the set because the Japanese managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Peterson maintained her focus to break Doi in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Swede scored 106 points vs. Misaki’s 89 points.

Rebecca was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (7/14). On the other side, the Japanese had some problems in converting her break points because she converted only 30% of her break points (3/10). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Peterson and Doi is 2-0 for Rebecca.

Next Match: Rebecca Peterson vs. Simona Halep – stats

Peterson will take on Halep in the 1st round.

This will be the 2nd time that Rebecca Peterson and Simona Halep clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Halep won 6-4 6-0 in the 1st round in Bastad back in 2013.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

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