Mananchaya Sawangkaew outlasts Saisai Zheng 4-6 6-1 7-6(6) in the 2nd round in Jiujiang on Wednesday after winning a huge battle. Sawangkaew will face off with Laura Siegemund in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 59 minutes.
Highlights Mananchaya Sawangkaew vs. Saisai Zheng Jiangxi Open – Jiujiang
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Sawangkaew scored 108 points vs. the Chinese’s 100.
Sawangkaew
The Thai was pretty good at converting 54% of the break points that she procured (7/13).
Zheng
On the other side, the Chinese wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Sawangkaew and Zheng is 1-0 for Mananchaya.
Draw and next match H2H: Mananchaya Sawangkaew vs. Laura Siegemund – stats
Sawangkaew will play Siegemund in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Mananchaya Sawangkaew and Laura Siegemund since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Sawangkaew was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Saisai Zheng in the 1st game (1-0). However, the Chinese refused to bow to come back to break Sawangkaew in the 2nd (1-1) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Zheng failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
Zheng was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Mananchaya was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (3-6 40-A).
They contested 73 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Saisai won only 1 point more than the Thai (37-36). Zheng lost 19 points on serve (24-19). on the other side of the net, the Thai conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).
Sawangkaew was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Saisai Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The Thai extended her lead after breaking Zheng in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Mananchaya failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 40.
The Thai converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd
(2-0 30-40), the 5th (4-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (0-6 40-A).They contested 54 points. Mananchaya won 10 points more than the Chinese (32-22). The Thai lost 10 points on serve (18-10). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Sawangkaew had a favorable start in this set after breaking Saisai Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Sawangkaew to win the set as Saisai succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Sawangkaew kept her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 6.
Tiebreak
The Thai won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (1-4), 9th (4-5), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Chinese won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (3-0) and 4th (4-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 0-4, 1-4, 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
The Thai was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40). The Thai saved 6 set points when she was 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 4-6 and 5-6 down. On the other side, Saisai converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They played 81 points. It’s worth to point out that, Sawangkaew won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Saisai (40-41). Mananchaya conceded 22 points on serve (18-22). Regarding the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 22 points on serve (19-22).
Tennis Scores in Jiujiang
- Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Elena PridankinaPridankina (4-6 6-4 7-5)
- Mananchaya SawangkaewSawangkaew – Saisai ZhengZheng (4-6 6-1 7-66)
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch (6-4 6-4)
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Xinxin YaoYao (6-3 6-3)
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