Xiyu Wang survives Alison Riske 7-5 4-6 7-6(1) in the 1st round in Merida on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Wang will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Kimberly Birrell in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 22 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:22
At the end of the match, Xiyu scored 125 points vs. Alison’s 116.
Wang
The Chinese won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points after she converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities.
Riske
On the other side, the American was struggling when converting her break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Wang and Riske is 1-2 for Alison.
Draw and next match H2H: Xiyu Wang vs. Kimberly Birrell – stats
Wang will play Birrell in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Xiyu Wang and Kimberly Birrell square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Wang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Wang won 7-65 6-1 in the qualifications in Burnie back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in Merida
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (4-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (6-0 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Anna BondarBondar (7-68 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Simona WaltertWaltert (4-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Xiyu WangWang – Alison RiskeRiske (7-5 4-6 7-61) – Stats and score progression
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Lin ZhuZhu (7-63 6-75 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Mayar SherifSherif (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz – Ana KonjuhKonjuh (6-4 6-72 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Magda LinetteLinette – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jule NiemeierNiemeier – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Fernanda Contreras GomezContreras Gomez – Alycia ParksParks (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean – Sloane StephensStephens (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Katie VolynetsVolynets (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Xiyu WangWang (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz (0-0) – H2H details and stats
