Joanna Garland topples Mei Yamaguchi 5-7 7-5 7-5 in the 2nd round in Chennai on Thursday. Garland will try to keep the momentum against Arina Rodionova in the quarter. The epic lasted 3 hours and 16 minutes.
Joanna added to her prize money $ 2,350 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 6,820 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Chinese will add $ 5,150 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,970 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Garland scored 109 points vs. Mei’s 106.
Garland
Garland didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (7/14).
Yamaguchi
On the other side, Mei was effective when converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (6/10). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Garland and Yamaguchi is 2-0 for Joanna.
Draw and next match H2H: Joanna Garland vs. Arina Rodionova – stats
Garland will take on Rodionova in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Joanna Garland and Arina Rodionova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rodionova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Rodionova won 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in W25 Roehampton back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Mei won the set after she broke the Chinese in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Chinese tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nonetheless, Mei didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 7-5.
Mei failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.
The Japanese was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 9th (4-4 15-40), the 11th (5-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 13th game (7-4 40-A). In addition on the other side, Joanna was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 73 points. The Japanese conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Joanna (41-32). Yamaguchi lost 9 points on serve (22-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 19 points on serve (23-19
).The Chinese won the set after she broke Yamaguchi in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Mei tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Yet, Joanna kept the situation under control to win the set 7-5.
The Chinese failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
Joanna converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40). In addition on the other side, the Japanese converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A) and the 13th game (4-7 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 73 points. Joanna won 7 more points than Yamaguchi (40-33). Garland lost 16 points on serve (24-16). On the other side, the Japanese conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).
Garland had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Mei Yamaguchi in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that was not enough for Garland to win the set because the Japanese found the way to break back in the 7th (4-3) game. Joanna maintained her focus to break the Japanese in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game.
Mei was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-5 to 7-5.
Garland converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40), the 10th (4-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Japanese converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 68 points. Garland won 4 points more than the Japanese (36-32). Garland conceded 13 points on serve (20-13). On the other side, Yamaguchi conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
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- Polina IatcenkoIatcenko – Katarzyna KawaKawa (6-2 6-3)
- Donna VekicVekic – Sahaja YamalapalliYamalapalli (6-2 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Donna VekicVekic (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Arina RodionovaRodionova – Joanna GarlandGarland (0-0) – H2H details and stats