TENNIS SCORES. Camila Giorgi upsets Wang in the semifinal of the Bronx Open

Camila Giorgi stuns Qiang Wang 4-6 6-4 7-6⁶ in the semifinal in New York on Friday after saving 4 match points. Giorgi will engage against Magda Linette in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Giorgi didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Wang in the 2^nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the Chinese succeeded in coming back to break Giorgi 3 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-4).

Qiang failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.

A crucial moment of the match was when Qiang won 5 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 5-2.

2^nd set.

Giorgi took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Wang in the 2^nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for the Italian to win the set since Qiang managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 5^th (2-3) game. Giorgi maintained her focus to break Wang in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 10^th (6-4) game.

3^rd set.

Giorgi won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve 3 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 7^th (3-4) game. The Italian broke back 3 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 10^th (5-5) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 6.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Italian scored 107 points vs. the Chinese’s 106 points.

Giorgi was pretty effective in converting 67% of the break points that she procured (8/12). On the other side, the Chinese was sharp when converting 73% of the break points that she procured points (8/11). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Giorgi and Wang is 3-0 for Camila.

Next Match: Camila Giorgi vs. Magda Linette – stats

Giorgi will compete against Linette in the final.

This will be the 2^nd time that Camila Giorgi and Magda Linette face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Giorgi (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Giorgi won 6-7³ 6-2 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Katowice back in 2015.

Tennis Scores in New York

• Camila GiorgiCamila – Qiang WangQiang (4-6 6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Magda LinetteMagda – Katerina SiniakovaKaterina (7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Camila GiorgiCamila – Magda LinetteMagda (1-0) – See H2H details