Ukraine's Oleksandra Oliynykova beat American Vivian Wolff in the first round of the WTA 500 event in Singapore, 6-1 7-6(1), and advanced to the second round. The tournament is being played on hard courts, with a prize money of $1.2 million. According to rank.tennis, Oliynykova is ranked No. 47 (1126 points), while Wolff is No. 244 (317 points).
Oliynykova took the first set 6-1. The second was much tighter: it went to a tiebreak, where the Ukrainian gave her opponent just one point, 7-1. The match lasted 99 minutes.
What the numbers show
The difference showed up on return. According to api.tennis, Oliynykova converted 4 of 7 break points, while Wolff used 1 of 4. On first serve, Oliynykova won 27 points on 38 first serves, while Wolff won 26 points on 42 first serves. The winner had 2 aces to 1 and 3 double faults to 5. In total, Oliynykova won 79 points, Wolff 56.
The head-to-head record is now 1:0 in Oliynykova's favor. Before Singapore, she reached the second round of the US Open, where after beating Reese Brantmeier 6-4 6-4 she lost to Alexandra Eala. For Wolff, this is a fourth straight first-round defeat: before Singapore she lost opening matches in Ljubljana to Alice Tubello, in Kitzbühel to Jeline Vandromme and in Austin to Elizabeth Mandlik.