Yue Yuan topples Aleksandra Krunic 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Monterrey on Tuesday. Yuan will face off with Petra Martic in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 21 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the qualifications in 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Yuan added to her prize money $ 3,880 after winning this match. She has already won $ 13,710 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Chinese will add $ 13,245 to her earnings to get in total $ 26,955 in total.
Highlights Yue Yuan vs. Aleksandra Krunic Abierto GNP Seguros – Monterrey
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 111 points vs. Aleksandra’s 93.
Yuan
Yuan won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points after she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Krunic
On the other side, Krunic was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Yuan and Krunic is 1-0 for Yue.
Draw and next match H2H: Yue Yuan vs. Petra Martic – stats
Yuan will come up against Martic in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Yue Yuan and Petra Martic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Martic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Martic won 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Auckland back in January 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Serbian snatched in the 7th game (4-3) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Aleksandra was unerring in converting all her break points in the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Chinese was on the money in converting all her break points in the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 69 points. Krunic was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Yue (37-32). Krunic conceded 9 points on serve (23-9). on the other side of the net, Yuan conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).
The Chinese in this set was more solid than Aleksandra and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking Aleksandra in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Chinese failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
Aleksandra was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Chinese converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (3-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, the Serbian was unable to convert any of her 5 break points. She had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 84 points. Yue conquered the set after winning 14 points more than Krunic (49-35). The Chinese conceded 12 points on serve (22-12). on the other side of the court, the Serbian conceded 27 points on serve (23-27).
Yuan came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Aleksandra Krunic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more to do for Yuan to win the set as Aleksandra found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Yue kept her focus to break the Serbian in the 6th (4-2) game before conquering the set (6-3).
Yue converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Krunic converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 51 points. Yuan won 9 more points than Aleksandra (30-21). Yue dropped 10 points on serve (18-10). On the other side, Krunic conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
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