Jaqueline Cristian gets by Priscilla Hon 7-6(5) 7-5 in the 1st round in Sydney on Monday. Cristian is going to play against Barbora Krejcikova in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 81 points vs. Hon’s 72.
Cristian
The Romanian didn’t lose the focus when converting 75% of the break points that she procured (3/4).
Hon
On the other side, Hon was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Cristian and Hon is 2-0
for Jaqueline.Draw and next match H2H: Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova – stats
Cristian will compete against Krejcikova in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Jaqueline Cristian and Barbora Krejcikova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Cristian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Romanian broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-5.
Tiebreak
Cristian won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Australian won a minibreak in the 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Cristian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (3-4 30-40). On the other side, Priscilla converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A and 40-A).
They played 87 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Cristian won just 3 points more than Priscilla (45-42). Jaqueline surrendered 14 points on serve (28-14). In addition, on the other side, Priscilla conceded 17 points on serve (28-17).
Cristian had a favorable start in this set after breaking Priscilla Hon in the 1st game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Cristian to win the set because Hon managed to break back in the 10th (5-5) game. Cristian maintained her cool to break the Australian in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Cristian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 9th (5-3 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). Also, on the other side, the Australian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 66 points. The Romanian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the Australian (36-30). The Romanian dropped 10 points on serve (21-10). On the losing side, Hon conceded 15 points on serve (20-15).
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