Yue Yuan beats Simona Halep 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Hong Kong on Monday. Yuan will try to keep the momentum against Jia-Jing Lu or Nao Hibino in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes.
The Chinese added to her prize money $ 1,150 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 4,040 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Chinese will add $ 2,568 to her earnings to get in total $ 6,608 in total.
Highlights Yue Yuan vs. Simona Halep Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:22
At the end of the match, Yue scored 65 points vs. Simona’s 51.
Yuan
Yue won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Halep
On the other side, Halep was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Yuan and Halep is 1-0 for Yue.
Draw and next match H2H: Yue Yuan vs. Jia-Jing Lu or Nao Hibino – stats
Yuan will compete against either Jia-Jing Lu or Nao Hibino in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-3 vs. Jia-Jing Lu and 0-1 vs. Nao Hibino.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Yuan conquered in the 4th game (3-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
The Chinese converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, Halep wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They contested 69 points. Yue was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Simona (37-32). The Chinese lost 10 points on serve (22-10). In addition, on the other side, Halep conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).
Yuan was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Simona Halep in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, Yuan found the way to come back to break Simona 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Romanian was eclipsed in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 0-3 to 6-3.
Yue converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-3 30-40), the 7th (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Simona was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).
They played 47 points. Yue was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Simona (28-19). Yuan dropped 8 points on serve (14-8). on the other side of the net, Halep conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
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