TENNIS SCORES. Peng surprises Mchale in the qualifications in New York

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Peng upsets Mchale to square off with Nicole Gibbs in the qualifications

Prediction and head to head Shuai Peng vs. Christina Mchale

Shuai Peng upsets Christina Mchale 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in New York on Thursday. Peng will seek to keep on going in this event against Nicole Gibbs in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Chinese won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Shuai broke back 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

2nd set.

Mchale had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Peng in the 1st game (1-0). However, Peng succeeded in coming back to break Christina 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (5-3) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The Chinese failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Peng scored 72 points vs. the American’s 64 points.

Peng was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that she procured (6/10). On the other side, Mchale was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 36% of her break points (4/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Peng and Mchale is 2-4 for Christina.

Next Match: Shuai Peng vs. Nicole Gibbs – stats

Peng will square off with Gibbs in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Shuai Peng and Nicole Gibbs since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

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