THE ORACLE CHALLENGER SERIES – NEWPORT BEACH RESULTS. Voegele shocks Mchale in the quarter of the the Oracle Challenger Series

Stefanie Voegele stuns Christina Mchale 6-1 1-6 6-4 in the quarter in Newport Beach on Friday. Voegele will square off with Taylor Townsend in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Voegele started the set strong after breaking Mchale in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Stefanie extended her lead after breaking the American in the 4^th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the match was when the Swiss won 5 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

2^nd set.

Mchale came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Voegele in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The American extended her lead after breaking Voegele in the 6^th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

3^rd set.

Voegele came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Mchale in the 2^nd game (2-0). However, that was not enough for the Swiss to win the set as Christina succeeded in breaking back in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 5^th (2-3) game. The Swiss kept her focus to break Christina in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 10^th (6-4) game.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Swiss scored 93 points vs. Christina’s 88 points.

Stefanie was effective in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10). On the other side, Mchale had a tough time converting her break points (only 29%

– 4/14). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Voegele and Mchale is 1-1 for Christina.

Next Match H2H: Stefanie Voegele vs. Taylor Townsend – stats

Voegele will come up against Townsend in the semifinal.

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

Tennis Scores in Newport Beach

• Stefanie VoegeleVoegele – Christina MchaleMchale (6-1 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Madison BrengleBrengle – Jessica PegulaPegula (1-6 7-6⁷ 6-2) – See score progression
• Taylor TownsendTownsend – Coco VandewegheVandeweghe (1-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Tatjana MariaMaria (2-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Madison BrengleBrengle – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (0-1) – See H2H details
• Stefanie VoegeleVoegele – Taylor TownsendTownsend (0-0) – See H2H details