Sixth seed Karolina Muchova defeated American Caty Mcnally in the round of 32 at the WTA 1000 tournament in Wuhan, 3:6, 7:6 (1), 7:6 (4). The win sends the Czech into the next round. The tournament is played on hard courts and has a prize fund of $4.1 million.
Two sets decided in tiebreaks
Mcnally took the first set, while Muchova came out on top in tiebreaks in the next two. The American won just one point in the first tiebreak and four in the second. According to api.tennis, no other match statistics are available, so the score tells the whole story.
According to rank.tennis, Muchova is ranked No. 7 with 4833 points. Mcnally is No. 57 with 1035 points. According to api.tennis, the Czech leads their head-to-head 1:0.
Muchova has this win to her name so far in Wuhan. Before that, in Beijing, she defeated Ludmila Samsonova and Naomi Osaka (7:5, 1:6, 7:6 (7)), then lost to Nikola Bartunkova 3:6, 0:6 in the quarterfinals. Mcnally advanced past Yulia Starodubtseva in the first round in Wuhan, 2:6, 7:6 (2), 6:4.