BEIJING. Polona Hercog gets by Goerges in the 1st round

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING. Hercog wins against Goerges to play Angelique Kerber in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Polona Hercog vs. Julia Goerges

Polona Hercog wins against Julia Goerges 6-74 7-65 6-4 in the 1st round in Beijing on Saturday. Hercog will face Angelique Kerber in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The German won the set after she broke the Slovenian 3 times in the 6th (4-2), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Hercog tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 7th (4-3), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (5-6) game. However, Goerges maintained the focus before winning the set at the following breaker at 4.

Julia failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.

2nd set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Hercog won the tiebreak at 5.

3rd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Polona conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

Polona lost a big opportunity to break the German in the 7th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Slovenian scored 125 points vs. Goerges’s 118 points.

The Slovenian served pretty well to win 82% of the points (49/60) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 47% points (30/64) on her second serve. Polona won this match even if she was struggling in converting her break points because she converted only 40% (4/10). On the other side, the German had a tough time in converting her break points as she converted only 21% of her break points (3/14). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Hercog and Goerges is 3-6 for Julia.

Next Match: Polona Hercog vs. Angelique Kerber – stats

Hercog will fight against Kerber in the 2nd round.

This will be the 6th time that Polona Hercog and Angelique Kerber fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Kerber (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Kerber won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in January 2019.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

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