TIANJIN. Ons Jabeur beats Wang in the 2nd round of the Tianjin Open

Ons Jabeur prevails over Xiyu Wang 6-4 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Tianjin on Wednesday. Jabeur is going to play against Yulia Putintseva in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Jabeur won the set after she broke Wang in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game. Xiyu tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (4-2) game. However, the Tunisian kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-4.

A crucial moment of the match was when the Tunisian won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.

2^nd set.

Jabeur was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Wang in the 1^st game (1-0). The Tunisian managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Xiyu in the 5^th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Ons scored 68 points vs. Wang’s 50 points.

Ons served pretty well to win 83% of the points (29/35) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 46% points (13/28) on her second serve. Ons was effective in converting 57% of the break points that she procured (4/7). On the other side, Wang was struggling in converting her break points as she converted only 17% of her break points (1/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Jabeur and Wang is 1-0 for Ons.

Next Match: Ons Jabeur vs. Yulia Putintseva – stats

Jabeur will take on Putintseva in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Ons Jabeur and Yulia Putintseva since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Tianjin

• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Saisai ZhengZheng (5-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Heather WatsonWatson – Qiang WangWang (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Magda LinetteLinette – Kurumi NaraNara (4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Shuai PengPeng (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Xiyu WangWang (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (7-5 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Samantha StosurStosur (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Yafan WangWang – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Ons JabeurJabeur – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – See H2H details
• Yafan WangWang – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (0-1) – See H2H details
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-0) – See H2H details
• Magda LinetteLinette – Heather WatsonWatson (1-0) – See H2H details