Kuznetsova tops Cristian in the quarter of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy. HIGHLIGHTS – ST. PETERSBURG RESULTS

Svetlana Kuznetsova conquers Jaqueline Cristian 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in St. Petersburg on Friday. Kuznetsova will play against Daria Kasatkina in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the quarter in 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.

St. Petersburg

Kuznetsova's Record

Svetlana added to her prize money $ 16,900 after winning this match. She has won already $ 32,400 so far in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Svetlana will add $ 18,600 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,000.

Highlights Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Jaqueline Cristian St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy – St. Petersburg

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kuznetsova

Cristian

6-7⁵ 6-3 6-3
2h:15

101

101

Total points

81

81

50

50

Winners

39

39

50%

50%

Ratio Winners

48%

48%

-- Serve --

5

5

Aces

5

5

1

1

Double Faults

4

4

66%

66%

1st in

66%

66%

82%

82%

1st won

66%

66%

50/61

50/61

1st won

39/59

39/59

41%

41%

2nd won

40%

40%

13/32

13/32

2nd won

12/30

12/30

-- Break Points --

5/8

5/8

Total

2/6

2/6

63%

63%

Won

33%

33%

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At the end of the match, Kuznetsova scored 101 points vs. the Romanian’s 81.

Kuznetsova

Svetlana served very well to win 82% of the points (50/61) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 41% points (13/32) on her second serve. Svetlana was effective when converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8).

Cristian

On the other side, Cristian had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kuznetsova and Cristian is 1-0 for Svetlana.

Draw and next match H2H: Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Daria Kasatkina – stats

Kuznetsova will compete against Kasatkina in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Svetlana Kuznetsova and Daria Kasatkina since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Kuznetsova had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Kasatkina in the 1^st game (1-0). However, the Romanian refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Russian in the 4^th (2-2) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.

Tiebreak

The Romanian won 4 minibreaks in the 2^nd (1-1), 10^th (5-5), 11^th (6-5) and 12^th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Russian won 4 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 4^th (2-2), 5^th (3-2) and 8^th (5-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

The Romanian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4^th (1-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 6^th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). Cristian saved 3 set points when she was 2-5, 3-5 and 4-5 down. On the other side, the Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1^st game (0-0 15-40).

They contested 83 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally the Romanian won only 1 point more than the Russian (42-41). Jaqueline conceded 13 points on serve (24-13). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 18 points on serve (28-18).

Kasatkina had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Kuznetsova in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Svetlana found the way to come back to break the Romanian in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 6^th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).

Kuznetsova converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (0-1 0-40) and the 6^th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Cristian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1^st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 50 points. The Russian won 8 more points than Cristian (29-21). Svetlana conceded 11 points on serve (18-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Jaqueline conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).

The Russian won the set after she broke Jaqueline in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

The Russian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5^th (3-1 30-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Kuznetsova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 48 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Cristian (30-18). Svetlana was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Jaqueline conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).

Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg

• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-7⁵ 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (1-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Anastasia GasanovaGasanova (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Margarita GasparyanGasparyan – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Margarita GasparyanGasparyan – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (0-1) – H2H details and stats
• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-0) – H2H details and stats