Heather Watson prevails over Lu in the 1st round to play vs Kostyuk at the Korea Open. HIGHLIGHTS – SEOUL RESULTS

KOREA OPEN - SEOUL DRAW AND RESULTS. Watson ousts Lu to come up against Marta Kostyuk in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Heather Watson vs. Jia-Jing Lu

Heather Watson gets by Jia-Jing Lu 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Seoul on Monday. Watson will seek to keep on going in this event against Marta Kostyuk in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes.

Watson
Seoul
Watson's Record

The Brit added to her prize money $ 3,770 after winning this match. She has already won $ 13,590 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Brit will add $ 11,320 to her earnings to get in total $ 24,910 in total.

Highlights Heather Watson vs. Jia-Jing Lu Korea Open – Seoul

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Watson
Lu
Heather Watson
6-4 6-4
1h:36
Jia-Jing Lu
69
69
Total points
60
60
23
23
Winners
19
19
33%
33%
Ratio Winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
6
6
47%
47%
1st in
41%
41%
88%
88%
1st won
63%
63%
23/26
23/26
1st won
19/30
19/30
52%
52%
2nd won
55%
55%
15/29
15/29
2nd won
24/44
24/44
-- Break Points --
3/11
3/11
Total
1/2
1/2
27%
27%
Won
50%
50%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Watson scored 69 points vs. Jia-Jing’s 60.

Watson

Watson served extremely well to win 88% of the points (23/26) behind her first serve, and she won 52% points (15/29) on her second serve. The Brit won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.

Lu

On the other side, Jia-Jing didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Watson and Lu is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Heather Watson vs. Marta Kostyuk – stats

Watson will face Kostyuk in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Heather Watson and Marta Kostyuk face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kostyuk (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Kostyuk won 6-73 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in Brisbane back in 2018.

Heather Watson Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Watson 6-4
WatsonLu
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
WatsonLu
6
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
WatsonLu
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
WatsonLu
5
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
WatsonLu
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
WatsonLu
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
WatsonLu
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
WatsonLu
3
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
WatsonLu
3
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
WatsonLu
2
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
WatsonLu
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15

Watson started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Jia-Jing Lu in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for the Brit to win the set as Lu succeeded in breaking back in the 9th (4-5) game. The Brit kept her cool to break Lu in the 10th (6-4) game.

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

Jia-Jing surrendered the 10th game (6-4) when she was 40-0 up.

The Brit converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Jia-Jing converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 7th (2-4 40-A) and the 8th game (3-5 0-40).

They contested 69 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Brit won just 3 points more than Jia-Jing (36-33). The Brit lost 14 points on serve (22-14). On the losing side, the Chinese conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).

2nd Set -
Watson 6-4
WatsonLu
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
WatsonLu
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
WatsonLu
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
WatsonLu
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
WatsonLu
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
WatsonLu
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
WatsonLu
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
WatsonLu
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
WatsonLu
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that heather conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

Watson converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, Watson didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 60 points. Heather conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Jia-Jing (33-27). Watson was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Jia-Jing conceded 17 points on serve (24-17).

1st
Watson
Lu
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Watson
Lu
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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  • Yue YuanYuan – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (4-6 6-2 6-2)
  • Marta KostyukKostyuk – Arantxa RusRus (6-3 6-1)
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