Katie Volynets shocks Tatjana Maria 5-7 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Hua Hin on Thursday. Volynets will seek to keep on going in this event against Yafan Wang in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 47 minutes.
Katie added to her prize money $ 2,568 after winning this match. She has already won $ 6,608 after this win. If she wins the next match, Katie will add $ 5,002 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,610 in total.
Highlights Katie Volynets vs. Tatjana Maria Thailand Open – Hua Hin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Volynets scored 109 points vs. the German’s 97.
Volynets
The American won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 30% (6/20) of the procured opportunities.
Maria
On the other side, the German was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Volynets and Maria is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Katie Volynets vs. Yafan Wang – stats
Volynets will face Wang in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Katie Volynets and Yafan Wang since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
The American was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 4 games in the last 2 sets after winning 62 points vs. Wang’s 48 points.
Live score progression and stats
Volynets had a great start in this set after breaking Tatjana Maria in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Tatjana managed to stage a great comeback to break the American in the 6th (3-3) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Maria failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.
Tatjana was spot on in converting all her break points in the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the American was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 2nd (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 11th (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 96 points. The German was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Katie (50-46). Tatjana conceded 28 points on serve (36-28). Regarding the other side of the net, Volynets conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Volynets took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Tatjana Maria in the 2nd
game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Volynets to win the set since Tatjana managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. Katie maintained her focus to break Maria in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).The American converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (2-0 40-A), the 7th (4-2 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the German converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st
(0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (1-4 15-40).They played 55 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Volynets won just 3 points more than Maria (29-26). The American dropped 11 points on serve (15-11). In addition, on the other side, Tatjana conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
Volynets in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay the German and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Maria in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Maria was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Katie converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Tatjana was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 55 points. Volynets was the one to win the set after conquering 17 more points than Maria (36-19). Volynets surrendered 11 points on serve (21-11). On the other side, Maria conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).
Tennis Scores in Hua Hin
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Tatjana MariaMaria (5-7 6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Yafan WangWang – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Arina RodionovaRodionova – Zhuoxuan BaiBai (3-6 6-1 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Lin ZhuZhu – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (7-60 7-61) – Stats and score progression
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (6-2 3-4 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Xinyu WangWang – Nao HibinoHibino (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Dalma GalfiGalfi – Xiyu WangWang (6-4 3-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Yafan WangWang – Katie VolynetsVolynets (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Arina RodionovaRodionova – Lin ZhuZhu (0-1) – H2H details and stats