TENNIS SCORES. Zoe Hives stuns Potapova in the 1st round in Hiroshima

JAPAN WOMEN'S OPEN - HIROSHIMA. Hives surprises Potapova to face Misaki Doi in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Zoe Hives vs. Anastasia Potapova

Zoe Hives shocks Anastasia Potapova 6-74 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Hiroshima on Tuesday. Hives will seek to keep on going in this event against Misaki Doi in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Potapova enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Hives in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. However, there was more work to do for the Russian to win the set because Hives succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (1-4), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Anastasia maintained her focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.

A crucial moment of the match was when Anastasia won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

However also Hives won 4 consecutive games from 0-4 to 4-4

2nd set.

The Australian won the set after she broke Potapova 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Anastasia tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, Zoe kept the focus before winning the set 6-4.

3rd set.

Potapova had a great start in this set after breaking Hives in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the Australian refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Potapova 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 8th (5-3) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

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

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Australian scored 124 points vs. Anastasia’s 111 points.

Hives didn’t lose the focus when converting 64% of the break points that she procured (9/14). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 47% of her break points (7/15). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Hives and Potapova is 1-1.

Next Match: Zoe Hives vs. Misaki Doi – stats

Hives will play Doi in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Zoe Hives and Misaki Doi since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

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