Maja Chwalińska of Poland, the No. 5 seed, beat Ukraine's Oleksandra Oliynykova in the second round of the WTA 500 tournament in Singapore 6-0 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals. The tournament is being played on hard courts, and the prize money is $1,2 million.
Chwalińska took the first set in a shutout, 6-0. In the second set, Oliynykova won one game but could not turn the match around: 6-1, and the match lasted 58 minutes in total. Oliynykova is ranked No. 47 with 1126 points, according to rank.tennis.
What the numbers show
Statistics from api.tennis confirm the difference in class. Chwalińska converted 6 of 8 break points, while Oliynykova used her only chance. On first serve, the Pole won 17 points to her opponent's 6, with 27 and 21 first serves respectively. Neither player hit an ace, Chwalińska had zero double faults, and Oliynykova had three. Total points: 51 to 20.
Chwalińska began her run in Singapore with a win over Rebecca Šramková, 6-4 6-2. Oliynykova beat Vivian Wolff in the first round, 6-1 7-6(1). Chwalińska now leads 2-0 in their head-to-head meetings: in 2024, she won 7-6(1) 6-1.