Jasmine Paolini bests Mai Hontama 6-0 3-6 6-2 in the 1st round in Indian Wells on Wednesday. Paolini will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Elise Mertens in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes.
Paolini added to her prize money $ 10,890 after winning this match. She has won already $ 29,045 after this win. If she wins the next match, Paolini will add $ 22,850 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,895 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 78 points vs. Hontama’s 65.
Paolini
Paolini won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Hontama
On the other side, Hontama had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Paolini and Hontama is 2-0 for Jasmine.
Draw and next match H2H: Jasmine Paolini vs. Elise Mertens – stats
Paolini will square off with Mertens in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Jasmine Paolini and Elise Mertens square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Mertens won 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Prague back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
This set was completely uneven as the Italian conceded no games to Mai before winning the set 6-0.
The Italian converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Paolini didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 34 points. Jasmine conquered the set after winning 16 points more than Mai (25-9). Jasmine was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). On the losing side, the Japanese conceded 13 points on serve (6-13).
Mai won the set after she broke Paolini in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Italian was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Mai was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, the Japanese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 57 points. Mai won 9 more points than Paolini (33-24). The Japanese conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).
Paolini in this set was much more effective than the Japanese and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Hontama in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Paolini won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.
The Italian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Japanese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They played 52 points. Paolini was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Hontama (29-23). Paolini conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). On the other side, Hontama conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).
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