Diana Shnaider stuns Xinyu Wang 6-2 7-6(5) in the semifinal in Hua Hin on Saturday. Shnaider will play Lin Zhu in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes.
Shnaider added to her prize money $ 9,220 after winning this match. She has already won $ 20,830 after this win. If she wins the next match, Shnaider will add $ 15,420 to her earnings to get in total $ 36,250 in total.
Highlights Diana Shnaider vs. Xinyu Wang Thailand Open – Hua Hin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 77 points vs. the Chinese’s 61.
Shnaider
Shnaider won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Wang
On the other side, Xin Yu wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Shnaider and Wang is 1-0 for Diana.
Draw and next match H2H: Diana Shnaider vs. Lin Zhu – stats
Shnaider will fight against Zhu in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Diana Shnaider and Lin Zhu square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shnaider (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Shnaider won 6-4 6-0 in the 1st round in Nanchang back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
The Russian in this set didn’t concede much to Wang and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Wang in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Diana failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.
The Russian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, the Chinese was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 57 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Xin Yu (34-23). Shnaider dropped 10 points on serve (22-10). In addition, on the other side, Wang conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
The Russian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Diana broke back in the 6th (3-3) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-5.
Tiebreak
The Russian won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 6th (2-4), 9th (5-4), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Wang won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 4th (3-1) and 11th (5-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Shnaider converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). Also, on the other side, Wang converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 81 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Russian won just 3 more points than Xin Yu (42-39). Shnaider dropped 12 points on serve (21-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 21 points on serve (27-21).
Tennis Scores in Hua Hin
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Xinyu WangWang (6-2 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Lin ZhuZhu – Yafan WangWang (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression