TENNIS SCORES. Steadfast Larsson survives Hibino in the qualifications of the U.S. Open

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Larsson survives Hibino to fight against Kirsten Flipkens in the qualifications

Prediction and head to head Johanna Larsson vs. Nao Hibino

Johanna Larsson outlasts Nao Hibino 7-5 7-65 in the qualifications in New York on Thursday after winning a huge battle. Larsson will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Kirsten Flipkens in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Hibino had a strong start of this set after breaking Larsson in the 1st game (1-0). However, the Swede found the way to come back to break Nao in the 6th (3-3) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

2nd set.

Larsson won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Larsson broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 5.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Larsson scored 75 points vs. Nao’s 66 points.

The Swede was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7). On the other side, Nao was pretty good in converting 75% of the break points that she procured points (3/4). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Larsson and Hibino is 1-0 for Johanna.

Next Match: Johanna Larsson vs. Kirsten Flipkens – stats

Larsson will come up against Flipkens in the qualifications.

This will be the 4th time that Johanna Larsson and Kirsten Flipkens play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Larsson (see full H2H stats), but Flipkens has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Flipkens won 7-61 1-6 7-63 in the 1st round in Auckland back in 2015.

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