Christina Mchale dispatches Usue Maitane Arconada 6-2 2-6 6-4 in the qualifications in New York on Thursday in what was an all-American match. Mchale will try to keep the momentum against Daria Kasatkina in the next round.
Score, report, and key facts
Maitane Arconada came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Mchale in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Christina managed to stage a good comeback to break Usue 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Usue was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Christina converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Usue was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).
They contested 45 points. Mchale was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Maitane Arconada (27-18). Mchale lost 9 points on serve (13-9). on the other side of the net, Maitane Arconada conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
Mchale didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Maitane Arconada in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Maitane Arconada refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Christina 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Christina was completely wiped out in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-2 to 6-2.
Usue was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (0-2 30-40), the 4th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Mchale was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 0-40).
They contested 48 points. Usue won 6 more points than Mchale (27-21). Usue lost 12 points on serve (14-12). On the other side, Christina conceded 13 points on serve (9-13).
Mchale won the set after she broke Usue in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Maitane Arconada tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Anyhow, Mchale didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-4.
Christina converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Maitane Arconada was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They contested 70 points. Christina conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Usue (38-32). Mchale lost 11 points on serve (19-11). On the losing side, Maitane Arconada conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Mchale scored 86 points vs. Usue’s 77.
Christina was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (6/12). On the other side, Maitane Arconada was pretty focused in converting 83% of the break points that she procured points (5/6). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Mchale and Maitane Arconada is 1-0 for Christina.
Draw and next match H2H: Christina Mchale vs. Daria Kasatkina – stats
Mchale will face Kasatkina in the next round.
This will be the 3rd time that Christina Mchale and Daria Kasatkina clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kasatkina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kasatkina won 6-3 3-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Charleston back in 2018.
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