DUBAI RESULTS. Strycova bests Anisimova in the 1st round

Barbora Strycova defeats Amanda Anisimova 7-6³ 2-6 6-4 in the 1^st round in Dubai on Monday. Strycova will face Petra Martic or Su-Wei Hsieh in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Strycova had a strong start of this set after breaking Anisimova in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for the Czech to win the set since Amanda found the way to break back in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 10^th (5-5) game. Barbora maintained her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 3.

2^nd set.

Anisimova started the set strong after breaking Strycova in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. However, that was not enough for the American to win the set since Barbora found the way to break back in the 6^th (1-5) game.

The American failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 15.

A crucial moment of the match was when the American won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

3^rd set.

Anisimova had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Strycova in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, Strycova refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the American 3 times in the 6^th (3-3), in the 8^th (4-4) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Statistics

Strycova won this match even if she won less points than Anisimova (100 vs. 106).

Barbora won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 43% (6/14). On the other side, the American wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 44% – 7/16). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Strycova and Anisimova is 1-1.

Highlights Barbora Strycova vs. Amanda Anisimova Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Next Match H2H: Barbora Strycova vs. Petra Martic or Su-Wei Hsieh – stats

Strycova will take on either Petra Martic or Su-Wei Hsieh in the 2^nd round. The head to head is 1-3 vs. Petra Martic and 4-3 vs. Su-Wei Hsieh.

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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• Elise MertensMertens – Qiang WangWang (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Barbora StrycovaStrycova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (7-6³ 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
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