HUA HIN RESULTS. Leonie Kung upsets Hibino in the semifinal of the Thailand Open

THAILAND OPEN - HUA HIN RESULTS. Kung stuns Hibino to compete against Magda Linette in the final

Prediction and head to head Leonie Kung vs. Nao Hibino

Leonie Kung shocks Nao Hibino 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Hua Hin on Saturday. Kung will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Magda Linette in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Leonie won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Leonie broke back 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

The Swiss wasted a good opportunity to break Nao in the 8th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

2nd set.

Hibino started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Kung in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Hibino to win the set because Leonie succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Nao kept her focus to break Kung in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-4).

3rd set.

Hibino overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Kung in the 1st game (1-0). However, Kung succeeded in coming back to break Nao in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Leonie scored 110 points vs. the Japanese’s 96 points.

Kung won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 44% (7/16). On the other side, the Japanese had a tough time converting her break points (only 46%6/13). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kung and Hibino is 1-0 for Leonie.

Highlights Leonie Kung vs. Nao Hibino Thailand Open – Hua Hin

Next Match H2H: Leonie Kung vs. Magda Linette – stats

Kung will compete against Linette in the final.

There is no head to head record between Leonie Kung and Magda Linette since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Hua Hin

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