
Caty McNally breezes past Himeno Sakatsume 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Sunday after playing an impressive match to deal with Emerson Jones or Victoria Mboko in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.
Caty added to her prize money $ 75,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 225,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Caty will add $ 102,750 to her earnings to get in total $ 327,750 in total.
Highlights Caty McNally vs. Himeno Sakatsume Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, McNally scored 64 points vs. Sakatsume’s 46.
McNally
Caty served extremely well to win 76% of the points (29/38) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (7/14) on her second serve. McNally was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (4/8).
Sakatsume
On the other side, Sakatsume wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between McNally and Sakatsume is 1-0 for Caty.
Draw and next match H2H: Caty McNally vs. Emerson Jones or Victoria Mboko – stats
McNally will come up against either Emerson Jones or Victoria Mboko in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Emerson Jones and 1-0 vs. Victoria Mboko.
Live score progression and stats
Caty won the set after she broke the Japanese in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
McNally failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
Himeno was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The American converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Japanese was unable to convert any of her 6 break points. She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 71 points. The American conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Himeno (39-32). The American conceded 11 points on serve (24-11). On the losing side, Sakatsume conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).
McNally didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Himeno Sakatsume in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The American managed to boost her lead after breaking Sakatsume 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 Caty won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
The American was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 0-40). On the other side, McNally didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. McNally was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Sakatsume (25-14). Caty conceded 5 points on serve (12-5). On the losing side, Sakatsume conceded 13 points on serve (9-13).
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