Heather Watson vs Erika Sema — Washington Qualifying Round 1

Washington · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
Heather Watson
GBR
Heather Watson
#527WTA
1572ELO
1548Hard ELO
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 31 July 2017
hard
JPN
Erika Sema
#563WTA
37 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWWWLL
Watson H.
6-2 5-7 6-3
Sema E.
Watson H.
6562
Sema E.
2731

Heather Watson defeated Erika Sema 6-2 5-7 6-3 in the Washington qualifying round 1 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Heather Watson closed it out in three sets, 6–2 5–7 6–3.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Watson H.serving49% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Sema E.

Sema E.serving52% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Watson H.

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
Watson H.Sema E.
1st serve in·Clear edge
58%
74%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
41%
Service points won·Even
57%
53%
Return points won·Slight edge
42%
47%
Break points saved·Even
54%
50%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.3
0.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.4
2.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 63). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Freshness

Recent load
Watson H.Sema E.
Freshness·
100
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Watson H.: 16 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Loeb J.
Chang S.
6-46-2
Watson H.
Aoyama S.
6-37-67
Chirico L.
Lu J.
2-66-16-3
Grammatikopoulou V.
Xu S.
6-36-3
Q1
Lu J.
Abduraimova N.
6-46-1
Chirico L.
Rogowska O.
6-736-17-65
Grammatikopoulou V.
Morra C.
6-44-66-2
Xu S.
Aiava D.
6-16-4
Chang S.
Khazaniuk D.
7-54-67-5
Loeb J.
Morton S.
6-26-2
Aoyama S.
Arconada U.
6-26-2
Watson H.
Sema E.
6-25-76-3