THE ORACLE CHALLENGER SERIES – NEWPORT BEACH RESULTS. Astonishing Townsend grounds Kalinina in the 3rd round of the the Oracle Challenger Series

Taylor Townsend thumps Anhelina Kalinina 6-3 6-1 in the 3^rd round in Newport Beach on Thursday after playing a remarkable match to deal with Coco Vandeweghe in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Townsend won the set after she broke Kalinina in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. That break was the key for Taylor to win the set since she didn’t concede her serve in the rest of the set.

Anhelina was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).

2^nd set.

Townsend won the set after she broke Anhelina in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game. That break was sufficient for Taylor to conquer the set since she didn’t drop her serve during the rest of the set.

Anhelina was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the American scored 64 points vs. the Ukrainian’s 48 points.

The American won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 33% (4/12). On the other side, the Ukrainian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Townsend and Kalinina is 1-1.

Next Match H2H: Taylor Townsend vs. Coco Vandeweghe – stats

Townsend will take on Vandeweghe in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Taylor Townsend and Coco Vandeweghe since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Newport Beach

• Taylor TownsendTownsend – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Coco VandewegheVandeweghe – Nicole GibbsGibbs (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Stefanie VoegeleVoegele – Irina FalconiFalconi (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Madison BrengleBrengle – Yanina WickmayerWickmayer (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Tatjana MariaMaria – Shelby RogersRogers (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Christina MchaleMchale – Sophia WhittleWhittle (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Dalma GalfiGalfi (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Jessica PegulaPegula – Madison BrengleBrengle (0-0) – See H2H details
• Tatjana MariaMaria – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (2-0) – See H2H details
• Stefanie VoegeleVoegele – Christina MchaleMchale (0-2) – See H2H details
• Coco VandewegheVandeweghe – Taylor TownsendTownsend (0-0) – See H2H details