Himeno Sakatsume mullers Eudice Wong Chong 6-2 6-1 in the 2nd round in Hong Kong on Thursday after playing a marvellous match to play Maya Joint in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 8 minutes.
Sakatsume added to her prize money $ 2,655 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 6,815 after this win. If she wins the next match, Himeno will add $ 5,155 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,970 in total.
Highlights Himeno Sakatsume vs. Eudice Wong Chong Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Sakatsume scored 61 points vs. Wong Chong’s 34.
Sakatsume
Himeno served very well to win 79% of the points (27/34) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 45% points (10/22) on her second serve. Sakatsume was pretty good at converting 83% of the break points that she procured (5/6).
Wong Chong
On the other side, Eudice had some problems converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Sakatsume and Wong Chong is 3-1 for Himeno.
Draw and next match H2H: Himeno Sakatsume vs. Maya Joint – stats
Sakatsume will fight against Joint in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Himeno Sakatsume and Maya Joint since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Sakatsume had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Eudice Wong Chong in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Himeno found the way to come back to break Wong Chong 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Sakatsume failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
Wong Chong couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 7 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-2 to 6-2.
Sakatsume was perfect in converting all her break points in the 4th
(1-2 0-40), the 5th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, Eudice converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 0th (2-1 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-1 40-A and 40-A).They played 58 points. Sakatsume was the one to win the set after conquering 16 points more than the (37-21). Himeno conceded 16 points on serve (25-16). On the other side, Eudice conceded 12 points on serve (5-12).
Sakatsume had a strong start of this set after breaking Eudice Wong Chong in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Himeno extended her lead after breaking Wong Chong in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Japanese won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Himeno converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, the Japanese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 37 points. Sakatsume was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Wong Chong (24-13). Himeno was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). On the losing side, Wong Chong conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
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- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Emiliana ArangoArango (6-2 6-4)
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (4-6 6-4 6-3)
- Maya JointJoint – Viktoria MorvayovaMorvayova (6-1 6-4)
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