Ruthless Rina Saigo vanquishes Pridankina in the qualifications to play vs Golubic – JIUJIANG RESULTS

Rina Saigo surprises Elena Pridankina 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in Jiujiang on Sunday after playing a marvellous match to fight against Viktorija Golubic in the 1^st round. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Rina scored 67 points vs. Pridankina’s 48.

Saigo

Rina was sharp when converting 70% of the break points that she conquered (7/10).

Pridankina

On the other side, the Russian was battling in converting her break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Saigo and Pridankina is 1-0 for Rina.

Draw and next match H2H: Rina Saigo vs. Viktorija Golubic – stats

Saigo will play Golubic in the 1^st round.

There is no head to head record between Rina Saigo and Viktorija Golubic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

The Japanese played at a much higher level than Elena and without too much hustling she won 6-2. Elena broke Saigo 3 times in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game. However, Rina broke her opponent in the 5^th (3-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to conquer the set (6-2).

Saigo failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.

Elena was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-2 to 6-2.

Rina converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 5^th (3-2 15-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Elena converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 2^nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5^th (1-3 15-40) and the 9^th game (1-6 40-A).

They played 55 points. Saigo was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Elena (32-23

). Saigo dropped 16 points on serve (18-16). on the other side of the court, Elena conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).

Rina won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 7^th (4-3) game, Rina broke back 3 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.

The Japanese converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 0-40), the 4^th (1-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6^th (3-2 0-40) and the 8^th game (4-3 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Elena converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 2^nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5^th (2-2 40-A and 40-A), the 6^th (2-4 0-40) and the 9^th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 60 points. The Japanese conquered the set after winning 10 points more than the Russian (35-25). Saigo dropped 18 points on serve (16-18). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 19 points on serve (7-19).

Tennis Scores in Jiujiang

• Rina SaigoSaigo – Elena PridankinaPridankina (6-2 6-3)
• Chloe PaquetPaquet – Carol Young Suh LeeYoung Suh Lee (6-1 7-6⁵)
• Aliona FaleiFalei – Xinyu GaoGao (7-6⁵ 6-1)
• Hanyu GuoGuo – Han ShiShi (6-3 6-2)

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