
Cristina Bucsa surprises Xinyu Wang 5-7 6-0 6-3 in the 1st round in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Bucsa will face Heather Watson in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 52 minutes.
Bucsa added to her prize money $ 4,310 after winning this match. She has already won $ 13,170 after this win. If she wins the next match, Cristina will add $ 11,030 to her earnings to get in total $ 24,200 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Cristina scored 94 points vs. Xin Yu’s 70.
Bucsa
The Spaniard was effective when converting 64% of the break points that she procured (7/11).
Wang
On the other side, the Chinese didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (4/8). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Bucsa and Wang is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Cristina Bucsa vs. Heather Watson – stats
Bucsa will face Watson in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Cristina Bucsa and Heather Watson since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Wang won the set after she broke the Spaniard in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Spaniard tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Anyhow, Xin Yu kept the focus to conquer the set 7-5.
Cristina was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Wang was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Cristina was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 0-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They contested 74 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Chinese won this set even if she scored less points 2 than Bucsa (36-38). Wang lost 14 points on serve (21-14). In addition, on the other side, the Spaniard conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).
This set was completely uneven because Cristina conceded no games to Wang before winning the set 6-0.
Bucsa failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 30.
Bucsa converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (1–6 30-40).
They played 37 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Wang (23-14). Bucsa lost 7 points on serve (10-7). In addition, on the other side, Wang conceded 13 points on serve (7-13).
Cristina clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Spaniard broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game to conquer the set 6-3.
There was an important spell in this set when Bucsa won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the game count from 1-2 to 5-2.
Cristina converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (1-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40). In addition on the other side, the Chinese converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They contested 53 points. Bucsa conquered the set after winning 13 points more than the Chinese (33-20). Cristina dropped 10 points on serve (17-10). on the other side of the net, Xin Yu conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
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