Yue Yuan wins against Hibino in the 2nd round to set up a clash vs Ponchet or Kenin at the Hong Kong Tennis Open. HIGHLIGHTS – HONG KONG RESULTS

Yue Yuan prevails over Nao Hibino 4-6 7-5 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Yuan will try to keep the momentum against Jessika Ponchet or Sofia Kenin in the 3^rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 39 minutes.

Hong Kong

Yuan's Record

The Chinese added to her prize money $ 2,568 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 6,608 after this win. If she wins the next match, Yue will add $ 5,002 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,610 in total.

Highlights Yue Yuan vs. Nao Hibino Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Yuan

Hibino

4-6 7-5 6-2
2h:39

107

107

Total points

99

99

41

41

Winners

43

43

38%

38%

Ratio Winners

43%

43%

-- Serve --

2

2

Aces

3

3

3

3

Double Faults

5

5

69%

69%

1st in

77%

77%

61%

61%

1st won

51%

51%

41/67

41/67

1st won

43/84

43/84

33%

33%

2nd won

40%

40%

10/30

10/30

2nd won

10/25

10/25

-- Break Points --

8/18

8/18

Total

6/15

6/15

44%

44%

Won

40%

40%

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At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 107 points vs. the Japanese’s 99.

Yuan

Yue won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 44% (8/18) of the procured opportunities.

Hibino

On the other side, the Japanese was battling in converting her break points (only 40% – 6/15). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Yuan and Hibino is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Yue Yuan vs. Jessika Ponchet or Sofia Kenin – stats

Yuan will take on either Jessika Ponchet or Sofia Kenin in the 3^rd round. The head to head is 0-1 vs. Jessika Ponchet and 1-0 vs. Sofia Kenin.

Live score progression and stats

Yuan was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Nao Hibino in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Hibino to win the set because Yue succeeded in breaking back in the 8^th (4-4) game. Nao maintained her focus to break Yuan in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

The Japanese was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 8^th (4-4 0-40) and the 11^th game (6-3 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Yue was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4^th (1-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8^th game (3-4 40-A).

They contested 72 points. The Japanese won 10 points more than Yue (41-31). The Japanese conceded 16 points on serve (24-16). on the other side of the net, Yue conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).

Yuan commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Nao Hibino in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Yue to win the set because the Japanese found the way to break back in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (4-3) game. Yuan kept her focus to break Nao in the 6^th (3-3), in the 10^th (5-5) and in the 12^th (7-5) game.

Yuan failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.

The Japanese had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 3-5 to 7-5.

The Chinese converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4^th (1-2 0-40), the 6^th (2-3 15-40), the 10^th (4-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12^th game (6-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Japanese converted 20% of her break points (2/10). She had her opportunities in the 3^rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5^th (2-2 15-40), the 6^th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 11^th (5-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 13^th game (4-7 40-A).

They contested 91 points. Yuan won 9 more points than Nao (50-41). The Chinese conceded 23 points on serve (27-23). In addition, on the other side, Nao conceded 23 points on serve (18-23).

Yuan enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Nao Hibino in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Yue to win the set because the Japanese found the way to break back in the 7^th (2-5) game. The Chinese maintained her focus to break Hibino in the 8^th (6-2) game.

There was an important spell in this set when Yue won 4 consecutive games in the 3^rd set so as to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Yue converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 0-40), the 3^rd (3-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6^th (5-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8^th game (5-2 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Japanese converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 7^th game (1-5 0-40 and 15-40).

They contested 43 points. Yue was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Nao (26-17). Yuan lost 6 points on serve (9-6). on the other side of the court, the Japanese conceded 17 points on serve (11-17).

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• Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Priscilla HonHon (6-4 6-1)
• Yue YuanYuan – Nao HibinoHibino (4-6 7-5 6-2)
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Xiyu WangWang (7-6⁷ 6-4)
• Bernarda PeraPera – Han ShiShi (6-0 6-4)

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