Bianca Vanessa Andreescu victorious over Mei Yamaguchi 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Tokyo on Monday. Andreescu will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Beatriz Haddad Maia in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes.
The Canadian 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, the Canadian will add $ 11,320 to her earnings to get in total $ 24,910 in total.
Highlights Bianca Vanessa Andreescu vs. Mei Yamaguchi Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Andreescu scored 75 points vs. Yamaguchi’s 61.
Andreescu
The Canadian won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.
Yamaguchi
On the other side, the Japanese was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Andreescu and Yamaguchi is 1-0 for Bianca.
Draw and next match H2H: Bianca Vanessa Andreescu vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia – stats
Andreescu will fight against Haddad Maia in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Bianca Vanessa Andreescu and Beatriz Haddad Maia clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Andreescu and Haddad Maia (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Andreescu won 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in New York back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Andreescu had a favorable start in this set after breaking Mei Yamaguchi in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the Canadian refused to bow to come back to break Yamaguchi 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Mei was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5
to 7-5.They played 74 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Bianca won just 2 points more than Yamaguchi (38-36). Andreescu lost 14 points on serve (19-14). In addition, on the other side, Mei conceded 19 points on serve (22-19).
Andreescu won the set after she broke Yamaguchi 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. The Japanese tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Yet, Andreescu kept the focus to win the set 6-3.
Bianca converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 4th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Mei converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (1-2 15-40).
They played 63 points. Andreescu won 11 more points than the Japanese (37-26). Andreescu dropped 11 points on serve (17-11). on the other side of the net, Mei conceded 20 points on serve (15-20).
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Mei YamaguchiYamaguchi (7-5 6-3)
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (5-7 6-2 5-2 ret.)
- Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (7-63 6-3)
- Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Magdalena FrechFrech (1-6 6-4 6-3)
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Mai HontamaHontama (6-1 7-64)
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