MELBOURNE RESULTS. Nao Hibino beats Peng in the 1st round

Nao Hibino victorious over Shuai Peng 4-6 7-6⁶ 6-3 in the 1^st round in Melbourne on Tuesday. Hibino will face Maria Sakkari in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Shuai clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 7^th (3-4) game, Shuai broke back in the 8^th (4-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

2^nd set.

Peng conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Hibino in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the Japanese was not done to come back to break Shuai in the 3^rd (1-2) game before winning the set at the breaker at 6.

3^rd set.

Hibino was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Peng in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Nao to win the set because Peng succeeded in breaking back in the 5^th (2-3) game. Nao maintained her cool to break Shuai in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 103 points vs. Peng’s 96 points.

The Japanese won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 36% (4/11). On the other side, the Chinese was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (4/6). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Hibino and Peng is 1-1.

Highlights Nao Hibino vs. Shuai Peng Australian Open – Melbourne

Next Match H2H: Nao Hibino vs. Maria Sakkari – stats

Hibino will take on Sakkari in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Nao Hibino and Maria Sakkari since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

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