Amanda Anisimova exterminates Madison Brengle 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in San Jose on Thursday after playing a superlative match to face off with Saisai Zheng in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Anisimova was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Brengle in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Amanda to win the set as the American found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (2-5) game. The American maintained her cool to break the American in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.
2nd set.
Brengle overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Anisimova in the 1st game (1-0). However, the American managed to stage a good comeback to break the American 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
At the end of the match, Amanda scored 56 points vs. Madison’s 33 points.
The American was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she procured (8/12). On the other side, the American was remarkable in converting all the break points (4/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Anisimova and Brengle is 1-0 for Amanda.
Highlights Amanda Anisimova vs. Madison Brengle Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic – San Jose
Anisimova’s Interview
“I’m really happy to be transitioning back to hardcourts, because it’s one of my favorite surfaces. I’m just going to enjoy this week. It was a little bit windy, but I got used to it, and I was just trying to find my game throughout the match.”
Next Match: Amanda Anisimova vs. Saisai Zheng – H2H and stats
Anisimova will compete against Zheng in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Amanda Anisimova and Saisai Zheng clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Anisimova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Anisimova won 6-1 6-1 in the 2nd round in Hiroshima back in 2018.
