Renata Zarazua defeats Akasha Urhobo 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in Merida on Wednesday. Zarazua will clash against Maja Chwalinska in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes.
Highlights Renata Zarazua vs. Akasha Urhobo Merida Open Akron – Merida
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Mexican scored 71 points vs. Urhobo’s 55.
Zarazua
The Mexican was pretty focused in converting 54% of the break points that she procured (7/13).
Urhobo
On the other side, the American was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that she procured points (4/7). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Zarazua and Urhobo is 1-0 for Renata.
Draw and next match H2H: Renata Zarazua vs. Maja Chwalinska – stats
Zarazua will face Chwalinska in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Renata Zarazua and Maja Chwalinska since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Renata won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game, Renata broke back 4 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Zarazua failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
The Mexican converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Urhobo converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-2 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 13th game (4-7 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 88 points. Zarazua won 4 points more than the American (46-42). Zarazua surrendered 24 points on serve (24-24). On the other side, Urhobo conceded 22 points on serve (18-22).
Renata in this set was more solid than Urhobo and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The American was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Renata converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Mexican didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 38 points. Renata was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than the American (25-13). Zarazua dropped 5 points on serve (13-5). on the other side of the net, Akasha conceded 12 points on serve (8-12).
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