Merciless Yue Yuan grounds Martic in the 2nd round to battle vs Alexandrova at the Abierto GNP Seguros – MONTERREY RESULTS

ABIERTO GNP SEGUROS - MONTERREY DRAW AND RESULTS. Yuan breezes past Martic to play Ekaterina Alexandrova in the quarter

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Yue Yuan vs. Petra Martic

Yue Yuan grounds Petra Martic 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in Monterrey on Wednesday after playing an extraordinary match to clash against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the qualifications in 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Yuan
Monterrey
Yuan's Record

Yuan added to her prize money $ 13,245 after winning this match. She has already won $ 26,955 after this win. If she wins the next match, Yuan will add $ 24,249 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,204 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Yuan
Martic
Yue Yuan
6-4 6-1
1h:15
Petra Martic
58
58
Total points
43
43
21
21
Winners
13
13
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
30%
30%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
67%
67%
1st in
50%
50%
57%
57%
1st won
57%
57%
21/37
21/37
1st won
13/23
13/23
72%
72%
2nd won
39%
39%
13/18
13/18
2nd won
9/23
9/23
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
Total
2/6
2/6
83%
83%
Won
33%
33%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 58 points vs. Martic’s 43.

Yuan

Yuan was well focused in converting 83% of the break points that she procured (5/6).

Martic

On the other side, Martic had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Yuan and Martic is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Yue Yuan vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats

Yuan will fight against Alexandrova in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Yue Yuan and Ekaterina Alexandrova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Yuan (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Yuan won 7-5 6-70 6-2 in the 1st round in Paris back in July 2024.

Yue Yuan Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Yuan 6-4
YuanMartic
6
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
YuanMartic
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
YuanMartic
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
YuanMartic
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
YuanMartic
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
YuanMartic
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
YuanMartic
4
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
YuanMartic
3
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
YuanMartic
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
YuanMartic
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
YuanMartic
1
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

The Chinese won the set after she broke the Croatian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Croatian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nevertheless, Yue didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 6-4.

Yuan failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.

Yuan was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Martic converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A).

They contested 66 points. Yue was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Petra (36-30). Yuan lost 13 points on serve (24-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Petra conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).

2nd Set -
Yuan 6-1
YuanMartic
6
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
YuanMartic
5
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
YuanMartic
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
YuanMartic
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
YuanMartic
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
YuanMartic
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30

Yuan conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Petra Martic in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for Yue to win the set since Petra found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Yuan kept her cool to break Martic in the 4th (3-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Martic was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-1 to 6-1.

The Chinese converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). Also, on the other side, Martic converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40) and the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 36 points. Yuan was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the Croatian (22-14). Yue surrendered 9 points on serve (10-9). on the other side of the net, Martic conceded 12 points on serve (5-12).

1st
Yuan
Martic
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Yuan
Martic
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Monterrey

  • Yue YuanYuan – Petra MarticMartic (6-4 6-1)
  • Magdalena FrechFrech – Lina GlushkoGlushko (6-72 6-3 6-1)
  • Linda NoskovaNoskova – Xiyu WangWang (6-4 7-611)
  • Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (6-4 6-3)
  • Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (6-3 6-4)
  • Lulu SunSun – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (6-3 2-6 7-62)
  • Erika AndreevaAndreeva – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (1-6 6-3 6-3)

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