Hailey Baptiste stuns Heather Watson 7-5 6-3 in the qualifications in Charleston on Sunday. Baptiste will square off with Xiyu Wang in the 1st round. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the 2nd round in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Baptiste scored 83 points vs. Watson’s 67.
Baptiste
Baptiste served pretty well to win 77% of the points (30/39) behind her first serve. However she won only 48% points (16/33) on her second serve. The American won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Watson
On the other side, Watson was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Baptiste and Watson is 1-0 for Hailey.
Draw and next match H2H: Hailey Baptiste vs. Xiyu Wang – stats
Baptiste will compete against Wang in the 1st round.
There is no head to head record between Hailey Baptiste and Xiyu Wang since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Baptiste had a racing start in this set after breaking Heather Watson in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, there was more to do for Baptiste to win the set because heather succeeded in breaking back in the 9th (4-5) game. The American kept her focus to break Watson in the 12th (7-5) game.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
Baptiste converted 11% of her break points (1/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (5-2 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Watson converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A).
They played 94 points. Hailey was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Watson (53-41). The American surrendered 13 points on serve (29-13). On the losing side, heather conceded 24 points on serve (28-24).
Baptiste got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Heather Watson in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the American to win the set as heather succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. The American kept her cool to break Watson in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
Baptiste converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 5th game (3-2 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, heather converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-3 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 56 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Watson (30-26). The American dropped 13 points on serve (17-13). On the other side, Watson conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
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