Caty McNally wins against Kimberly Birrell 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Merida on Friday. McNally will square off with Rebecca Peterson in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:45
At the end of the match, McNally scored 71 points vs. Birrell’s 58.
McNally
The American was pretty good at converting 86% of the break points that she procured (6/7).
Birrell
On the other side, Birrell was pretty good at converting 57% of the break points that she conquered points (4/7). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between McNally and Birrell is 2-0 for Caty.
Draw and next match H2H: Caty McNally vs. Rebecca Peterson – stats
McNally will compete against Peterson in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Caty McNally and Rebecca Peterson play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for McNally (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, McNally won 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in W100 Midland back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
McNally was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Kimberly Birrell in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for McNally to win the set as the Australian managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game. McNally kept her cool to break Birrell in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Kimberly couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4. Nonetheless also the Australian won 4 consecutive games from 0-3 to 4-3
McNally converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 7th (3-4 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Birrell converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 78 points. The American conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the Australian (43-35). The American dropped 20 points on serve (26-20). On the losing side, Birrell conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).
The American won the set after she broke Birrell 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Birrell tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, McNally didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-3.
McNally was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Birrell converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They contested 53 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than the Australian (29-24). Caty surrendered 14 points on serve (14-14). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).
Tennis Scores in Merida
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-1 5-7 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Sloane StephensStephens (6-0 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Caty McNallyMcNally (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (1-2) – H2H details and stats
