Julia Grabher shocks Shuai Zhang 6-4 1-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Charleston on Monday. Grabher will clash against Sachia Vickery in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Julia scored 76 points vs. Shuai’s 70.
Grabher
Julia served very well to win 77% of the points (30/39) behind her first serve, and she won 57% points (17/30) on her second serve. Julia won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Zhang
On the other side, Zhang didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that she conquered points (3/5). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Grabher and Zhang is 1-0 for Julia.
Draw and next match H2H: Julia Grabher vs. Sachia Vickery – stats
Grabher will face Vickery in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Julia Grabher and Sachia Vickery fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vickery (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Vickery won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in W60+H Traralgon back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Julia won the set after she broke Shuai in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Zhang tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. However, Julia kept the situation under control to win the set 6-4.
The Chinese was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Grabher converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Chinese converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They played 65 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Grabher won just 3 points more than Zhang (34-31). The Austrian dropped 12 points on serve (20-12). on the other side of the net, Zhang conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
Shuai was too strong to drop barely 1 game before breaking Julia 2 times and win the set 6-1.
The Austrian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Zhang was perfect in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 39 points. The Chinese was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Grabher (23-16). The Chinese surrendered 5 points on serve (13-5). on the other side of the net, the Austrian conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Julia grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Julia converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Grabher didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 42 points. Grabher was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than the Chinese (26-16). Grabher was just too good on serve to drop not even a single point during her serving games (16-0). Regarding the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).
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