Lulu Sun mullers Caroline Garcia 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in Abu Dhabi on Monday after playing a great match to deal with Moyuka Uchijima or Leylah Annie Fernandez in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes.
The Kiwi added to her prize money $ 4,400 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 15,700 after this win. If she wins the next match, LuluAnke will add $ 12,995 to her earnings to get in total $ 28,695 in total.
Highlights Lulu Sun vs. Caroline Garcia Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open – Abu Dhabi
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Kiwi scored 65 points vs. Garcia’s 46.
Sun
Sun served very well to win 79% of the points (22/28) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (12/24) on her second serve. The Kiwi didn’t lose the focus when converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8).
Garcia
On the other side, Garcia was not so effective in converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Sun and Garcia is 1-0 for LuluAnke.
Draw and next match H2H: Lulu Sun vs. Moyuka Uchijima or Leylah Annie Fernandez – stats
Sun will take on either Moyuka Uchijima or Leylah Annie Fernandez in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Moyuka Uchijima and 0-0 vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez.
Live score progression and stats
Sun came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Caroline Garcia in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Sun to win the set because Caroline found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Sun kept her focus to break Caroline in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
LuluAnke failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 0.
Caroline surrendered the 7th game (6-1) when she was comfortably leading 40-0. The French player was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Sun converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Garcia converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (1-4 30-40).
They played 61 points. Sun was the winner of the set after clinching 15 points more than Garcia (38-23
). Sun lost 10 points on serve (17-10). on the other side of the net, Garcia conceded 21 points on serve (13-21).Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Kiwi grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
The Kiwi converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40). On the other side, Garcia wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 50 points. LuluAnke conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Caroline (27-23). Sun dropped 8 points on serve (17-8). In addition, on the other side, the French player conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
- Lulu SunSun – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-1 6-3)
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- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Sonay KartalKartal (3-6 6-4 6-4)
- Wakana SonobeSonobe – Yue YuanYuan (6-4 6-3)
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