Emma Raducanu prevails over Peyton Stearns 7-6(4) 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Seoul on Tuesday. Raducanu will fight against Yue Yuan in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 43 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Raducanu added to her prize money $ 3,770 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 13,590 after this win. If she wins the next match, Raducanu will add $ 11,320 to her earnings to get in total $ 24,910 in total.
Highlights Emma Raducanu vs. Peyton Stearns Korea Open – Seoul
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Raducanu scored 105 points vs. Peyton’s 98.
Raducanu
The Brit won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Stearns
On the other side, Stearns was battling in converting her break points (only 40% – 6/15). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Raducanu and Stearns is 2-0 for Emma.
Draw and next match H2H: Emma Raducanu vs. Yue Yuan – stats
Raducanu will face Yuan in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Emma Raducanu and Yue Yuan since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Raducanu was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Peyton Stearns in the 1st game (1-0). However, that was not enough for the Brit to win the set as Peyton found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (2-4), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Emma kept her cool to break Peyton in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-6).
Raducanu failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.
Yet also Peyton won 4 consecutive games from 1-4 to 5-4
Emma converted 44% of her break points (4/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the American converted 57% of her break points (4/7). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 6th (1-4 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40), the 12th (5-6 40-A) and the 14th game (5-7 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 110 points. Raducanu was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Stearns (58-52). Emma conceded 29 points on serve (29-29). On the other side, Peyton conceded 29 points on serve (23-29).
Emma won the set after she broke the American in the 8th (5-3) and in the 12th (6-6) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (5-6) game. Nonetheless, Emma managed to stay calm and finish the job to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 5.
Emma failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.
Tiebreak
The Brit won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the American won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3), 8th (3-5) and 11th (5-6) point.
The Brit won the tiebreak 7-5 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
The Brit converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4
break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Stearns converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had her opportunities in the 6th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (3-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).They played 93 points. It’s worth to point out that, Emma won this set even if she scored less points 1 than the American (46-47). Emma lost 20 points on serve (26-20). Regarding the other side of the net, Stearns conceded 20 points on serve (27-20).
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- Carol ZhaoZhao – Dayeon BackBack (6-4 6-1)
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