TENNIS SCORES. Tomova surprises Di Lorenzo in the qualifications of the Toray Pan Pacific Open

Viktoriya Tomova upsets Francesca Di Lorenzo 3-6 6-3 6-1 in the qualifications in Osaka on Saturday. Tomova will seek to keep on going in this event against Liudmila Samsonova in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Di Lorenzo had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Tomova in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the American to win the set since the Bulgarian found the way to break back in the 4^th (1-3), in the 6^th (2-4) and in the 8^th (3-5) game. Di Lorenzo kept her focus to break Viktoriya in the 5^th (4-1), in the 7^th (5-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

Francesca failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.

The Bulgarian lost the 5^th game (4-1) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.

2^nd set.

The Bulgarian won the set after she broke the American 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. Francesca tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) game. Notwithstanding, the Bulgarian kept the focus before winning the set 6-3.

The American was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).

3^rd set.

Tomova had a racing start in this set after breaking Di Lorenzo in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The Bulgarian extended her lead after breaking Di Lorenzo in the 4^th (4-0) game before managing to win the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when Tomova won 5 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Bulgarian scored 80 points vs. Di Lorenzo’s 67 points.

Viktoriya was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that she procured (8/12). On the other side, Francesca was effective in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (6/12). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Tomova and Di Lorenzo is 1-0 for Viktoriya.

Next Match: Viktoriya Tomova vs. Liudmila Samsonova – stats

Tomova will face Samsonova in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Viktoriya Tomova and Liudmila Samsonova since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Osaka

• Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicole GibbsGibbs – Ayano ShimizuShimizu (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Katarzyna KawaKawa – Mayo HibiHibi (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Yuki NaitoNaito – Astra SharmaSharma (1-6 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Kurumi NaraNara – Momoko KoboriKobori (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Francesca Di LorenzoDi Lorenzo (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Alize CornetCornet – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Varvara FlinkFlink – Mai HontamaHontama (6-3 6-7¹⁰ 6-3) – See score progression
• Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Akiko OmaeOmae (2-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Miharu ImanishiImanishi (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Kyoka OkamuraOkamura – Kristina KucovaKucova (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Xinyun HanHan – Risa OzakiOzaki (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Alize CornetCornet – Kurumi NaraNara (0-1) – See H2H details
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Kyoka OkamuraOkamura (0-0) – See H2H details
• Yuki NaitoNaito – Xinyun HanHan (0-0) – See H2H details
• Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe – Nicole GibbsGibbs (0-0) – See H2H details
• Katarzyna KawaKawa – Varvara FlinkFlink (0-0) – See H2H details
• Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-0) – See H2H details