Anastasia Potapova tops Volynets in the 1st round to play vs Pegula. HIGHLIGHTS – WUHAN RESULTS

Anastasia Potapova gets by Katie Volynets 5-7 6-3 7-5 in the 1^st round in Wuhan on Monday. Potapova will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Jessica Pegula in the 2^nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes.

Highlights Anastasia Potapova vs. Katie Volynets Wuhan Open – Wuhan

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Potapova scored 109 points vs. the American’s 106.

Potapova

The Russian was effective at converting 67% of the break points that she procured (10/15).

Volynets

On the other side, the American was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 43% – 9/21). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Potapova and Volynets is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Anastasia Potapova vs. Jessica Pegula – stats

Potapova will come up against Pegula in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Anastasia Potapova and Jessica Pegula face off. The head to head is 4-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Pegula won 4-6 6-3 7-6² in the quarter in Miami back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

Potapova didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Katie Volynets in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, there was more to do for the American to win the set as Anastasia succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game. Katie kept her cool to break the Russian in the 5^th (2-3), in the 7^th (3-4), in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).

The Russian was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 3-5 to 7-5.

The American was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5^th (1-3 0-40 and 15-40), the 7^th (2-4 0-40), the 9^th (3-5 0-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Russian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2^nd (0-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 4^th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6^th (3-2 0-40) and the 8^th game (4-3 0-40).

They contested 74 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Katie won just 2 more points than the Russian (38-36). The American lost 21 points on serve (12-21). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 26 points on serve (15-26).

Potapova had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Katie Volynets in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Anastasia to win the set because Volynets succeeded in breaking back in the 5^th (1-4) game.

Anastasia converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 40-A) and the 4^th game (3-0 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Katie converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 5^th

(0-4 30-40) and the 9^th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 58 points. It’s worth to point out that, Potapova won this set even if she scored less points 2 than Volynets (28-30). Anastasia conceded 9 points on serve (15-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).

Potapova enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Katie Volynets in the 2^nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Anastasia succeeded in coming back to break Volynets 4 times in the 3^rd

(1-2), in the 7^th (4-3), in the 9^th (5-4) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

Potapova failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.

Potapova converted 80% of her break points (4/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-2 40-A), the 7^th (3-3 0-40), the 9^th (4-4 0-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Katie converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had her opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40), the 4^th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8^th (3-4 0-40 and 15-40), the 10^th (4-5 30-40) and the 12^th game (5-6 40-A).

They contested 79 points. Anastasia was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the American (44-35). Anastasia dropped 25 points on serve (23-25). In addition, on the other side, Katie conceded 21 points on serve (10-21).

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