Monica Puig vs Kurumi Nara — Tianjin Round of 32

Tianjin · WTA · Round of 32
PUR5
Monica Puig
32 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 October 2016
hard
JPN
Kurumi Nara
34 yrs · 155 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLLLWLL
Puig M.
6-3 7-6
Nara K.
Puig M.
6772
Nara K.
3650

Monica Puig defeated Kurumi Nara 6-3 7-6 in the Tianjin round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Kurumi Nara came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Monica Puig claimed a first win over Kurumi Nara in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Monica Puig closed it out in two sets, 6–3 7–6.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2013-10-07OsakaR16hardKurumi Nara7-5 7-6(4)

Serve vs return

This season
Puig M.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Nara K.

Nara K.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Puig M.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Puig M.Nara K.
1st serve in·Slight edge
62%
68%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
46%
Service points won·Even
58%
54%
Return points won·Even
44%
46%
Break points saved·Even
56%
52%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.1
0.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.5
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 185). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Puig M.Nara K.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
36
5
Break points saved·Dominant
63
14
Break points won·Slight edge
62
73
Deciding sets·Dominant
55
9
Tiebreaks·Dominant
30
65

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Peng S.
Riske Amritraj A.
7-636-2
Semi-finals
Riske Amritraj A.
Kuznetsova S.[2]
6-45-76-4
Peng S.
Kovinic D.
3-67-56-3
Quarter-finals
Kuznetsova S.[2]
Osaka N.
2-66-47-63
Riske Amritraj A.
Han X.
6-36-3
Kovinic D.
Puig M.[5]
6-46-3
Peng S.
Radwanska A.[1]
W/O
R16
Kuznetsova S.[2]
Vekic D.
7-56-4
Osaka N.
Hradecka L.
6-27-64
Peng S.
Chang K.
6-36-2
Radwanska A.[1]
Rodina E.
6-16-1
Puig M.[5]
Arruabarrena L.
6-46-2
Riske Amritraj A.
Linette M.
6-37-62
Han X.
Wang Y.
7-56-3
Kovinic D.
Rogers S.
2-66-16-2
R32
Osaka N.
Shvedova Y.[8]
6-46-2
Wang Y.
Putintseva Y.[6]
3-66-36-4
Puig M.[5]
Nara K.
6-37-65
Arruabarrena L.
Liu F.
6-42-66-4
Kovinic D.
Duan Y.
6-46-3
Rogers S.
Vesnina E.[3]
7-54-67-64
Chang K.
King V.
6-16-2
Rodina E.
Mchale C.
6-15-76-0
Radwanska A.[1]
Maria T.
6-16-2
Peng S.
Zhang S.[7]
W/O
Kuznetsova S.[2]
Parmentier P.
6-16-3
Hradecka L.
Hlavackova A.
7-56-4
Riske Amritraj A.
Babos T.[4]
2-66-46-3
Linette M.
Stojanovic N.
7-666-0
Vekic D.
Zhang K.
3-67-56-3
Han X.
Xu Y.
4-66-16-0