ACAPULCO RESULTS. Watson dispatches Bondarenko in the 2nd round

Heather Watson bests Kateryna Bondarenko 7-6² 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Acapulco on Wednesday. Watson will engage against Christina Mchale in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Watson had a favorable start in this set after breaking Bondarenko in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for heather to win the set as the Ukrainian succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 6^th (3-3), in the 8^th (5-3) and in the 12^th (6-6) game. The Brit kept her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 2.

Heather failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.

Anyhow also the Ukrainian won 4 consecutive games from 1-3 to 5-3

2^nd set.

Watson had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Bondarenko in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Heather extended her lead after breaking Kateryna in the 8^th (6-2) game before conquering the set.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Brit scored 81 points vs. Bondarenko’s 65 points.

The Brit was pretty good in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (6/9). On the other side, the Ukrainian was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (4/8). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Watson and Bondarenko is 3-2 for Heather.

Highlights Heather Watson vs. Kateryna Bondarenko Abierto Mexicano TELCEL – Acapulco

Next Match H2H: Heather Watson vs. Christina Mchale – stats

Watson will fight against Mchale in the quarter.

This will be the 4^th time that Heather Watson and Christina Mchale play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Mchale (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Mchale won 4-6 6-0 7-6¹ in the 1^st round in Acapulco back in 2016.

Tennis Scores in Acapulco

• Heather WatsonWatson – Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko (7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Nao HibinoHibino (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Christina MchaleMchale – Caroline DolehideDolehide (5-7 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Xiyu WangWang – Sara ErraniErrani (7-5 6-7³ 6-1) – See score progression
• Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Katie VolynetsVolynets (4-6 7-5 6-0) – See score progression
• Lin ZhuZhu – Katie BoulterBoulter (7-6² 7-5) – See score progression
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-2 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (0-1) – See H2H details
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-0) – See H2H details
• Heather WatsonWatson – Christina MchaleMchale (0-3) – See H2H details
• Lin ZhuZhu – Xiyu WangWang (1-0) – See H2H details