Diana Shnaider topples Xiyu Wang 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Ningbo on Monday. Shnaider will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Karolina Muchova in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Russian added to her prize money $ 4,400 after winning this match. She has already won $ 15,700 after this win. If she wins the next match, Diana will add $ 12,995 to her earnings to get in total $ 28,695 in total.
Highlights Diana Shnaider vs. Xiyu Wang Ningbo Open – Ningbo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 73 points vs. the Chinese’s 66.
Shnaider
The Russian was well focused in converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).
Wang
On the other side, Xiyu had some problems converting her break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Shnaider and Wang is 1-2
for Xiyu.Draw and next match H2H: Diana Shnaider vs. Karolina Muchova – stats
Shnaider will take on Muchova in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Diana Shnaider and Karolina Muchova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Shnaider had a racing start in this set after breaking Xiyu Wang in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, Shnaider was not done to come back to break Wang 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
The Russian converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 40-A and 40-A), the 10th (5-4 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Xiyu converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 1st
(0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 3rd (3-1 0-40), the 11th (5-5 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 40-A and 40-A).They contested 86 points. It’s worth to point out that, Shnaider won this set even if she scored less points 2 than Wang (42-44). The Russian lost 22 points on serve (23-22). In addition, on the other side, Wang conceded 19 points on serve (22-19).
Shnaider had a great start in this set after breaking Xiyu Wang in the 2nd game (2-0). Shnaider managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Wang in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Xiyu couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-3 to 6-3.
The Russian was flawless in converting all her break points in the 6th (2-3 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, the Chinese was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 53 points. Diana won 9 points more than the Chinese (31-22). The Russian dropped 10 points on serve (21-10). In addition, on the other side, the Chinese conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
Tennis Scores in Ningbo
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Hanyu GuoGuo (6-2 6-4)
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Antonia RuzicRuzic (6-3 6-2)
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (6-4 6-3)
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Clara TausonTauson (1-6 7-64 6-3)
- Belinda BencicBencic – Magda LinetteLinette (6-3 6-2)
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Sofia KeninKenin (6-1 6-0)
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Xiyu WangWang (7-5 6-3)
- Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-4 6-2)
- Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (2-6 7-5 6-3)
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