Staunch Nadia Podoroska survives Yuan in the 1st round to clash vs Hontama – OSAKA RESULTS

Nadia Podoroska survives Yue Yuan 6-4 3-6 7-5 in the 1^st round in Osaka on Monday after winning a huge battle. Podoroska will fight against Mai Hontama in the 2^nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes.

The Argentine added to her prize money $ 1,116 after winning this match. She has already won $ 3,920 after this win. If she wins the next match, Podoroska will add $ 2,498 to her earnings to get in total $ 6,418 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Nadia scored 105 points vs. the Chinese’s 96.

Podoroska

The Argentine won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 33% (7/21) of the procured opportunities.

Yuan

On the other side, Yuan was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (6/9). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Podoroska and Yuan is 1-0 for Nadia.

Draw and next match H2H: Nadia Podoroska vs. Mai Hontama – stats

Podoroska will fight against Hontama in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Nadia Podoroska and Mai Hontama since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Podoroska started the set strong after breaking Yue Yuan in the 1^st game (1-0). However, there was more work to do for Nadia to win the set as the Chinese managed to break back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 6^th (3-3) game. Nadia kept her focus to break Yue in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Yue had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Podoroska converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5^th (2-2 15-40) and the 9^th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Yue was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4^th (1-2 40-A) and the 6^th game (2-3 30-40).

They contested 68 points. The Argentine was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Chinese (36-32). The Argentine dropped 13 points on serve (17-13). In addition, on the other side, the Chinese conceded 19 points on serve (19-19).

Yuan won the set after she broke Podoroska in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (4-2) game. Nadia tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) game. Nevertheless, Yue kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.

The Chinese was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4^th (2-1 30-40), the 5^th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10^th game (6-2 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Nadia was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 5^th

(1-3 0-40 and 15-40), the 7^th (2-4 30-40) and the 9^th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 66 points. It’s worth to point out that, Yue won this set even if she scored less points 2 than Nadia (32-34). Yuan conceded 17 points on serve (20-17). In addition, on the other side, Nadia conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).

Podoroska commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Yue Yuan in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for the Argentine to win the set as the Chinese managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 9^th (4-5) game. The Argentine kept her cool to break Yuan in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 12^th (7-5) game.

The Argentine converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 4^th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6^th (3-2 30-40), the 10^th (5-4 30-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, the Chinese was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3^rd (0-2 30-40) and the 9^th game (3-5 0-40).

They played 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Podoroska won just 3 more points than Yue (35-32). The Argentine dropped 14 points on serve (15-14). on the other side of the net, Yuan conceded 20 points on serve (18-20).

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