THE ORACLE CHALLENGER SERIES – NEWPORT BEACH RESULTS. Townsend tops Vandeweghe in the quarter of the the Oracle Challenger Series

Taylor Townsend gets by Coco Vandeweghe 1-6 6-1 6-1 in the quarter in Newport Beach on Friday. Townsend will face off with Stefanie Voegele in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Coco was far too good to drop just 1 game before breaking Townsend 2 times and win the set 6-1.

Taylor couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

2^nd set.

Townsend was too good to drop just 1 game before breaking Coco 2 times and win the set 6-1.

Vandeweghe lost the 4^th game (3-1) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.

Vandeweghe had no answers in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

3^rd set.

Townsend had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Vandeweghe in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Townsend to win the set since Coco managed to break back in the 6^th (1-5) game. Townsend kept her focus to break Coco in the 7^th (6-1) game.

Taylor failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 15.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this match was when Townsend won 5 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Taylor scored 73 points vs. Vandeweghe’s 55 points.

Taylor won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points because she converted only 38% (6/16). On the other side, Vandeweghe didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (3/6). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Townsend and Vandeweghe is 1-0.

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

Townsend will fight against Voegele in the semifinal.

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

Tennis Scores in Newport Beach

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