BEIJING. Christina Mchale shocks Zidansek in the qualifications of the China Open

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING. Mchale shocks Zidansek to come up against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 1st round

Prediction and head to head Christina Mchale vs. Tamara Zidansek

Christina Mchale upsets Tamara Zidansek 7-5 7-67 in the qualifications in Beijing on Saturday. Mchale will play against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 1st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Zidansek started the set in the best possible way after breaking Mchale in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, Christina managed to stage a good comeback to break Zidansek in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

2nd set.

The American conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 8th (3-5) game, Christina broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 7.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Mchale scored 92 points vs. Tamara’s 84 points.

Mchale served pretty well to win 76% of the points (45/59) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 33% points (10/30) on her second serve. Mchale won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, Tamara was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 20% of her break points (2/10). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Mchale and Zidansek is 1-0 for Christina.

Next Match: Christina Mchale vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova – stats

Mchale will fight against Kuznetsova in the 1st round.

This will be the 5th time that Christina Mchale and Svetlana Kuznetsova play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Mchale and Kuznetsova (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Kuznetsova won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2017.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

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