HUA HIN RESULTS. Wang bests Kawa in the 2nd round of the Thailand Open

Qiang Wang hustles Katarzyna Kawa 6-3 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Hua Hin on Wednesday. Wang will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Leonie Kung in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Wang conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Kawa in the 1^st game (1-0). Wang managed to boost her lead after breaking Kawa in the 9^th (6-3) game before winning the set.

2^nd set.

Wang commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Kawa in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, there was more to do for Wang to win the set since Kawa found the way to break back in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 9^th (4-5) game. Wang maintained her focus to break Katarzyna in the 8^th (5-3) and in the 10^th (6-4) game.

Qiang failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Wang scored 69 points vs. Katarzyna’s 57 points.

Wang served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (20/26) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 46% points (12/26) on her second serve. Qiang won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points because she converted only 36% (5/14). On the other side, Katarzyna didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Wang and Kawa is 1-0 for Qiang.

Highlights Qiang Wang vs. Katarzyna Kawa Thailand Open – Hua Hin

Next Match H2H: Qiang Wang vs. Leonie Kung – stats

Wang will play Kung in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Qiang Wang and Leonie Kung since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Hua Hin

• Qiang WangWang – Katarzyna KawaKawa (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Saisai ZhengZheng – En Shuo LiangShuo Liang (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Leonie KungKung – Lin ZhuZhu (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Nao HibinoHibino – Peangtarn PlipuechPlipuech (6-0 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Storm SandersSanders (0-0) – See H2H details
• Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig – Xiaodi YouYou (0-0) – See H2H details
• Magda LinetteLinette – Shuai PengPeng (1-0) – See H2H details
• Barbara HaasHaas – Xiyu WangWang (0-0) – See H2H details
• Qiang WangWang – Leonie KungKung (0-0) – See H2H details