Xin Yu Wang surprises Emma Raducanu 6-1 6-7(0) 7-5 in the 2nd round in Linz on Tuesday. Wang will play against Alison Riske in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 36 minutes.
Emma Raducanu was completely overplayed in the first set. However, she found a way to bounce back in style in the second set to bring the affair to the decider. Unfortunately, Emma got injured in the third set to ask for medical attention. Nevertheless, she managed to put up a huge fight to lose only after more than 2 hours and a half.
New Coach
Emma will now take some rest before getting ready for the offseason. She announced that she will be coached by Torben Beltz. The German used to coach Angelique Kerber.
“It’s obviously a great privilege to be working with such an experienced coach. I’m definitely very excited to work with him throughout the pre-season and into next year,” said Raducanu.
Highlights Xin Yu Wang vs. Emma Raducanu Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Wang scored 111 points vs. Raducanu’s 94.
Wang
The Chinese won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points as she converted only 44% (7/16) of the procured opportunities.
Raducanu
On the other side, Emma was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that she conquered points (3/5). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Wang and Raducanu is 1-0 for Xin Yu.
Draw and next match H2H: Xin Yu Wang vs. Alison Riske – stats
Wang will compete against Riske in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Xin Yu Wang and Alison Riske since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Xin Yu was too strong to drop just 1 game before breaking the Brit 3 times and win the set 6-1.
The Brit was powerless in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.
They contested 50 points. Xin Yu won 16 more points than Raducanu (33-17). The Chinese was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). Regarding the other side of the net, the Brit conceded 21 points on serve (15-21).
Riske commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Emma Raducanu in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Raducanu to win the set since the Chinese managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (4-4) game. The Brit maintained her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 0.
Tiebreak
Emma won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0) and 7th (7-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0
The Brit converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 4th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Wang converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 83 points. The Brit conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Xin Yu (44-39). Emma lost 17 points on serve (28-17). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).
Xin Yu won the set after she broke Emma in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Emma tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, Xin Yu kept the situation under control to conquer the set 7-5.
Xin Yu failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.
They played 72 points. Wang conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Raducanu (40-32). Xin Yu dropped 11 points on serve (24-11). on the other side of the net, the Brit conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).
Tennis Scores in Linz
- Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (6-1 6-70 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (5-2 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Saisai ZhengZheng (6-1 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (6-0 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Alison RiskeRiske – Alize CornetCornet (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (4-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Alison RiskeRiske (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Simona HalepHalep (0-1) – H2H details and stats
