Yue Yuan outlasts Sloane Stephens 6-4 3-6 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Hobart on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Yuan will play Xinyu Wang in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 50 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reach the qualifications in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Yuan added to her prize money $ 1,150 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 4,040 after this win. If she wins the next match, Yue will add $ 2,568 to her earnings to get in total $ 6,608 in total.
Highlights Yue Yuan vs. Sloane Stephens Hobart International – Hobart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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The Chinese won this encounter even if she conquered less points than Stephens (115 vs. 116).
Yuan
The Chinese won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 39% (7/18) of the procured opportunities.
Stephens
On the other side, Stephens didn’t lose the focus when converting 54% of the break points that she conquered points (7/13). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Yuan and Stephens is 1-0 for Yue.
Draw and next match H2H: Yue Yuan vs. Xinyu Wang – stats
Yuan will come up against Wang in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Yue Yuan and Xinyu Wang since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Yuan didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Sloane Stephens in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more to do for the Chinese to win the set since Sloane found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (3-3) game. The Chinese maintained her focus to break Sloane in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
The Chinese converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Stephens converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They played 65 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Yuan won just 3 more points than Sloane (34-31). Yue surrendered 15 points on serve (17-15). On the other side, the American conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
Stephens won the set after she broke Yue 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Yuan tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, the American didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-3.
Sloane was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Chinese was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They contested 89 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Stephens won just 3 more points than Yue (46-43). Sloane dropped 22 points on serve (22-22). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 24 points on serve (21-24).
Yuan had a strong start of this set after breaking Sloane Stephens in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, there was more to do for Yue to win the set as Stephens found the way to break back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Chinese maintained her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 5.
Tiebreak
The Chinese won 6 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 2nd (2-0), 5th (3-2), 6th (4-2), 10th (5-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the American won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 4th (2-2), 7th (3-4) and 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
The Chinese converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). The Chinese saved 1 set point when she was trailing 4-5. On the other side, the American was flawless in converting all her break points in the 7th (2-4 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They played 77 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Chinese won this set even if she scored less points 1 than the American (38-39). The Chinese lost 13 points on serve (19-13). On the other side, Sloane conceded 19 points on serve (26-19).
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