Lulu Sun victorious over Caty McNally 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Guangzhou on Friday. Sun will face Claire Liu in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes.
Highlights Lulu Sun vs. Caty McNally Guangzhou Open – Guangzhou
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Kiwi scored 96 points vs. McNally’s 83.
Sun
Sun served very well to win 80% of the points (40/50) behind her first serve, and she won 69% points (18/26) on her second serve. Sun struck 18 aces and she committed 1 double fault. LuluAnke won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 15% (2/13) of the procured opportunities.
McNally
On the other side, Caty was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Sun and McNally is 1-0 for LuluAnke.
Draw and next match H2H: Lulu Sun vs. Claire Liu – stats
Sun will play Liu in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Lulu Sun and Claire Liu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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 Caty conquered in the 8th game (5-3) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Sun was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The American was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). In addition on the other side, Sun was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 59 points. The contest during this set was so even that Caty won only 1 point more than Sun (30-29
). The American dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). In addition, on the other side, LuluAnke conceded 8 points on serve (20-8).Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Kiwi conquered in the 4th game (3-1) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
LuluAnke converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3
break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, LuluAnke didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They contested 53 points. LuluAnke won 5 points more than the American (29-24). Sun was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). on the other side of the net, Caty conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
Similarly to the 2nd set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Kiwi clinched in the 5th game (3-2) before finally conquering the set (6-4).
Sun converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Sun didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 67 points. LuluAnke conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Caty (38-29). LuluAnke surrendered 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).
Tennis Scores in Guangzhou
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Katie VolynetsVolynets (7-65 5-7 7-5)
- Lulu SunSun – Caty McNallyMcNally (3-6 6-3 6-4)
- Ann LiLi – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-3 6-4)
- Claire LiuLiu – Ella SeidelSeidel (4-6 6-0 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Lulu SunSun – Claire LiuLiu (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Ann LiLi (0-1) – H2H details and stats