Paula Badosa bests the 2023 runner-up Diana Shnaider 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Ningbo on Monday. Badosa will face off with Xiyu Wang in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes.
Highlights Paula Badosa vs. Diana Shnaider Ningbo Open – Ningbo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:22
At the end of the match, Badosa scored 95 points vs. Diana’s 83.
Badosa
Paula served very well to win 80% of the points (43/54) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 38% points (14/37) on her second serve. Badosa was well focused in converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7).
Shnaider
On the other side, the Russian was not so effective in converting her break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Badosa and Shnaider is 4-2 for Paula.
Draw and next match H2H: Paula Badosa vs. Xiyu Wang – stats
Badosa will fight against Wang in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Paula Badosa and Xiyu Wang face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Badosa and Wang (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Wang won 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in Guadalajara back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Diana snatched in the 10th game (6-4) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Shnaider failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Shnaider was on the money in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A).
They contested 74 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the Spaniard (41-33). The Russian lost 12 points on serve (27-12). In addition, on the other side, the Spaniard conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).
The Spaniard won the set after she broke the Russian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Paula failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.
The Russian was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Badosa converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (2-6 30-40).
They contested 56 points. Paula was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Shnaider (32-24). Paula dropped 11 points on serve (20-11). On the other side, Shnaider conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
Badosa won the set after she broke the Russian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. The Russian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Notwithstanding, the Spaniard kept the focus to win the set 6-3.
Badosa was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Shnaider converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 48 points. Badosa won 12 more points than the Russian (30-18). The Spaniard lost 9 points on serve (16-9). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
Tennis Scores in Ningbo
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- Paula BadosaBadosa – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (4-6 6-3 6-3)
- Xiyu WangWang – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (6-2 6-0)
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (6-2 6-0)
- Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch – Anna BondarBondar (6-74 7-66 6-4)
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