
Magda Linette wins against Mingge Xu 7-5 6-1 in the 2nd round in Nottingham on Thursday. Linette will fight against Clara Tauson or Anna Blinkova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2015, 2017, 2022 and 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Linette added to her prize money $ 2,655 after winning this match. She has already won $ 6,815 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Pole will add $ 5,155 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,970 in total.
Highlights Magda Linette vs. Mingge Xu Rothesay Open – Nottingham
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Magda scored 75 points vs. Mingge’s 57.
Linette
Magda served extremely well to win 78% of the points (31/40) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (15/27) on her second serve. The Pole was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (3/6).
Xu
On the other side, Xu wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Linette and Xu is 1-0 for Magda.
Draw and next match H2H: Magda Linette vs. Clara Tauson or Anna Blinkova – stats
Linette will face either Clara Tauson or Anna Blinkova in the 3rd round. The head to head is 0-1 vs. Clara Tauson and 1-0 vs. Anna Blinkova.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Magda snatched in the 12th game (7-5) before eventually winning the set (7-5).
Magda failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
The Pole was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Brit wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 13th game (4-7 30-40).
They contested 86 points. Linette won 10 points more than Xu (48-38). Magda lost 10 points on serve (29-10). On the losing side, Mingge conceded 19 points on serve (28-19).
Linette started the set in the best possible way after breaking Mingge Xu in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The Pole managed to boost her lead after breaking Mingge in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this set was when Magda won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Magda converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, Mingge was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th game (0-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 46 points. Linette won 8 points more than the Brit (27-19). The Pole surrendered 11 points on serve (17-11). on the other side of the net, Xu conceded 10 points on serve (8-10).
Tennis Scores in Nottingham
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Lin ZhuZhu (6-1 6-4)
- Magda LinetteLinette – Mingge XuXu (7-5 6-1)
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-3 6-4)
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-1 4-6 6-4)
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Francesca JonesJones (6-1 6-3)
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Antonia RuzicRuzic (6-2 2-6 6-4)
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Sonay KartalKartal (6-4 1-6 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Clara TausonTauson (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (2-0) – H2H details and stats