
Greetje Minnen gets the better of Sijia Wei 5-7 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Austin on Tuesday. Minnen will engage against Suzan Lamens in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes.
The Belgian added to her prize money $ 1,185 after winning this match. She has already won $ 4,160 after this win. If she wins the next match, Greetje will add $ 2,655 to her earnings to get in total $ 6,815 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Minnen scored 102 points vs. Wei’s 85.
Minnen
Minnen was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that she conquered (6/8).
Wei
On the other side, the Chinese was battling in converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Minnen and Wei is 1-0 for Greetje.
Draw and next match H2H: Greetje Minnen vs. Suzan Lamens – stats
Minnen will face Lamens in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Greetje Minnen and Suzan Lamens fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Minnen (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Minnen won 6-4 6-0 in the quarter in W100 Trnava back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Wei won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Sijia broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.
The Chinese failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
The Chinese was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Minnen was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (2-2 40-A).
They contested 87 points. Wei conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Greetje (46-41). The Chinese dropped 20 points on serve (30-20). On the losing side, Greetje conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).
Minnen won the set after she broke the Chinese 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Wei tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Anyhow, Greetje kept the focus to win the set 6-3.
The Belgian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
The Chinese was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Minnen converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Chinese converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They contested 55 points. The Belgian was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than Wei (34-21). Greetje conceded 12 points on serve (21-12). In addition, on the other side, Wei conceded 13 points on serve (9-13).
Minnen in this set was too good for the Chinese and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking the Chinese in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Chinese was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Minnen converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 45 points. Greetje conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Chinese (27-18). The Belgian dropped 6 points on serve (14-6). On the other side, Sijia conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
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