Qiang Wang stuns Gauff in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Wang surprises Gauff to come up against Alison Van Uytvanck in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Qiang Wang vs. Cori Gauff

Qiang Wang shocks Cori Gauff 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Wang will square off with Alison Van Uytvanck in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Qiang added to her prize money $ 50,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 140,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Chinese will add $ 40,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

Highlights Qiang Wang vs. Cori Gauff Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Wang
Gauff
6-4 6-2
1h:13
64
64
Total points
47
47
19
19
Winners
20
20
30%
30%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
15
15
Unforced
38
38
28%
28%
Ratio Unforced
72%
72%
8/10
8/10
Net Approaches
3/4
3/4
80%
80%
Perc
75%
75%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
54%
54%
1st in
61%
61%
66%
66%
1st won
57%
57%
19/29
19/29
1st won
20/35
20/35
72%
72%
2nd won
45%
45%
18/25
18/25
2nd won
10/22
10/22
179
179
Fastest serve
191
191
164
164
AVG 1st Serve
164
164
129
129
AVG 2nd Serve
145
145
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
Total
1/4
1/4
57%
57%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 64 points vs. Gauff’s 47.

Wang

Wang was pretty effective at converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7).

Gauff

On the other side, Gauff was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 25%1/4). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Wang and Gauff is 1-2 for Cori.

Draw and next match H2H: Qiang Wang vs. Alison Van Uytvanck – stats

Wang will take on Van Uytvanck in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Qiang Wang and Alison Van Uytvanck face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Wang and Van Uytvanck (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Wang won 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in New York back in 2019.

Qiang Wang Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Qiang snatched in the 5th game (3-2) before finally conquering the set (6-4).

The Chinese was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (2-2 40-A). On the other side, Gauff wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).

They contested 57 points. Qiang was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Gauff (32-25). The Chinese conceded 6 points on serve (21-6). On the losing side, the American conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).

Wang was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Cori Gauff in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Wang to win the set as Gauff succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (1-5) game.

The Chinese failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 40.

An important stage of this set was when the Chinese won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

The Chinese converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the American converted 100% of her break points (3/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th (0-4 15-40) and the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 54 points. Qiang won 10 more points than Cori (32-22). Qiang lost 11 points on serve (16-11). on the other side of the court, Gauff conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).

 

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