TENNIS SCORES. Yanina Wickmayer wins against Kostova in the qualifications in New York

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Wickmayer conquers Kostova to fight against Xiyu Wang in the qualifications

Prediction and head to head Yanina Wickmayer vs. Elitsa Kostova

Yanina Wickmayer hustles Elitsa Kostova 7-5 6-4 in the qualifications in New York on Tuesday. Wickmayer will face off with Xiyu Wang in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Wickmayer clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Yanina broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

2nd set.

The Belgian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Wickmayer broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

The Bulgarian was powerless in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-4 to 6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Yanina scored 78 points vs. the Bulgarian’s 60 points.

Wickmayer served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (26/33) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (15/27) on her second serve. Wickmayer won this match even if she had some problems in converting her break points since she converted only 31% (4/13). On the other side, Kostova was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Wickmayer and Kostova is 1-0 for Yanina.

Next Match: Yanina Wickmayer vs. Xiyu Wang – stats

Wickmayer will face Wang in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Yanina Wickmayer and Xiyu Wang since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.

The last time that they competed against each other, Wickmayer won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Zhengzhou back in 2018.

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