
Mccartney Kessler demolishes Lin Zhu 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Nottingham on Thursday after playing a remarkable match to clash against Katie Boulter in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes.
The American added to her prize money $ 2,655 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 6,815 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kessler will add $ 5,155 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,970 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Kessler scored 68 points vs. the Chinese’s 50.
Kessler
Kessler was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).
Zhu
On the other side, Zhu was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Kessler and Zhu is 2-0 for Mccartney.
Draw and next match H2H: Mccartney Kessler vs. Katie Boulter – stats
Kessler will square off with Boulter in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Mccartney Kessler and Katie Boulter since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Kessler had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Lin Zhu in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The American managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the Chinese in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 40.
One of the most important stints of the set was when Mccartney won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Mccartney converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40). On the other side, Mccartney didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 46 points. The American conquered the set after winning 14 points more than Zhu (30-16). Mccartney conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). In addition, on the other side, the Chinese conceded 12 points on serve (7-12).
Kessler conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Mccartney broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.
Mccartney converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40), the 8th (3-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Chinese converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 72 points. Mccartney was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than the Chinese (38-34). The American conceded 13 points on serve (19-13). on the other side of the court, Lin conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).
Tennis Scores in Nottingham
- Clara TausonTauson – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 6-4)
- Magda LinetteLinette – Mingge XuXu (7-5 6-1)
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Lin ZhuZhu (6-1 6-4)
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Sonay KartalKartal (6-4 1-6 7-5)
- 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)
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-3 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Magda LinetteLinette – Clara TausonTauson (0-1) – H2H details and stats