Yumi Nakano drives out Ki Ryang Kim from qualifying 1st round – Hansol Korea Open 2011
Yumi Nakano drove out unseeded Ki Ryang Kim in the qualifying first round of the Hansol Korea Open on outdoor hard courts of the Olympic Tennis Courts in Seoul, South Korea on the 17th of September 2011. After 1 hour and 12 minutes
of play Nakano won in straight sets of 6-0, 6-3 victory.
Dominating from the first point Nakano opened the set to 1-0, she then broke Kim in the second game and by the third game was leading 3-0. She then broke Kim in the fourth game and held her serve for the last time to show her the
way with a 5-0. She broke the Korean for the last time in the sixth game and served her the opening set at 6-0.
Nakano was a sturdy opponent and was not broken once during the entire set. With a strong baseline play she targeted 87% of her first serves and bagged almost thrice times as many total points as her opponent’s
The second was opened by Kim and she successfully put herself on the score board in the first game. She then went on to breaking Nakano in the second game to take a mini lead of 2-0. Kim was broken for the first time in the third
game, as Nakano capitalized on the opportunity and got back into the game.
Both the players broke each other back to back in the fourth and the fifth game but Nakano was still a break down. The score was levelled in the sixth game and Nakano held her serve.
At this point the set could’ve tilted either way but Nakano was quick to realize that and broke back in the seventh game to take a mini lead of 4-3.
During the eighth game she had held her serve and was now two breaks up at 5-3. After holding her serve in the eighth game, she was waiting to win the match point on Kim’s serve in the ninth game and pouncing at the first opportunity
Nakano broke Kim for the last time to conquer the set and the match in an easy victory of 6-3.
Amidst the second set neither of the players had smashed an ace; instead Nakano had a geometric precision, while her adversary committed seven double faults. Capitalizing on 67 percent of break points won Nakano was able to save
a spot in the second qualifying round of the Hansol Korea Open.
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