Wakana Sonobe surprises Yue Yuan 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Abu Dhabi on Monday. Sonobe will play against Jelena Ostapenko or Ons Jabeur in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the qualifications in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Abu Dhabi
Sonobe's Record

Wakana added to her prize money $ 4,400 after winning this match. She has already won $ 15,700 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Japanese will add $ 12,995 to her earnings to get in total $ 28,695 in total.

Highlights Wakana Sonobe vs. Yue Yuan Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open – Abu Dhabi

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sonobe
Yuan
6-4 6-3
1h:35
78
78
Total points
59
59
25
25
Winners
31
31
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
53%
53%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
62%
62%
1st in
60%
60%
81%
81%
1st won
60%
60%
25/31
25/31
1st won
31/52
31/52
63%
63%
2nd won
43%
43%
12/19
12/19
2nd won
15/35
15/35
-- Break Points --
4/15
4/15
Total
1/2
1/2
27%
27%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 78 points vs. Yuan’s 59.

Sonobe

Wakana served extremely well to win 81% of the points (25/31) behind her first serve, and she won 63% points (12/19) on her second serve. The Japanese won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 27% (4/15) of the procured opportunities.

Yuan

On the other side, Yue was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Sonobe and Yuan is 1-0 for Wakana.

Draw and next match H2H: Wakana Sonobe vs. Jelena Ostapenko or Ons Jabeur – stats

Sonobe will come up against either Jelena Ostapenko or Ons Jabeur in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Jelena Ostapenko and 0-0 vs. Ons Jabeur.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Sonobe 6-4
SonobeYuan
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
SonobeYuan
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SonobeYuan
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
SonobeYuan
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SonobeYuan
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SonobeYuan
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
SonobeYuan
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
SonobeYuan
3
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
SonobeYuan
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SonobeYuan
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SonobeYuan
0
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Wakana conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

Wakana converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Chinese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).

They contested 79 points. Wakana was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Yue (43-36). Wakana conceded 7 points on serve (23-7). Regarding the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 20 points on serve (29-20).

2nd Set -
Sonobe 6-3
SonobeYuan
6
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SonobeYuan
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SonobeYuan
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SonobeYuan
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SonobeYuan
2
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SonobeYuan
1
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
SonobeYuan
0
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
SonobeYuan
0
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40

Sonobe had a strong start of this set after breaking Yue Yuan in the 2nd

game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the Japanese was not done to come back to break Yue 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.

Yue couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-3 to 6-3.

Wakana converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They played 56 points. The Japanese was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than the Chinese (34-22). Sonobe conceded 6 points on serve (14-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 20 points on serve (16-20).

1st
Sonobe
Yuan
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Sonobe
Yuan
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1

Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi

  • Katie VolynetsVolynets – Sonay KartalKartal (3-6 6-4 6-4)
  • Wakana SonobeSonobe – Yue YuanYuan (6-4 6-3)
  • Lulu SunSun – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-1 6-3)
  • Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Mccartney KesslerKessler (6-3 6-74 6-3)

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