Veronika Kudermetova annihilates Liudmila Samsonova 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells on Friday in what was an all-Russian match after playing a tremendous match to clash against Iga Swiatek in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the qualifications in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Kudermetova added to her prize money $ 22,850 after winning this match. She has won already $ 51,895 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kudermetova will add $ 40,105 to her earnings to get in total $ 92,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Kudermetova scored 60 points vs. Ludmilla’s 38.
Kudermetova
Veronika served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (19/23) behind her first serve, and she won 68% points (17/25) on her second serve. Veronika was remarkable in converting all the break points (4/4).
Samsonova
On the other side, Ludmilla was struggling when converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Kudermetova and Samsonova is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Veronika Kudermetova vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Kudermetova will fight against Swiatek in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Iga Swiatek square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Swiatek won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in New York back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
Kudermetova commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Liudmila Samsonova in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, there was more to do for Veronika to win the set as Ludmilla found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Kudermetova kept her focus to break Samsonova in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Samsonova lost the 8th game (6-2) when she had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.
Kudermetova was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Ludmilla converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 50 points. Kudermetova won 12 points more than Ludmilla (31-19). Kudermetova conceded 8 points on serve (16-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Ludmilla conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Kudermetova conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before finally winning the set (6-3).
Veronika was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (2-1 40-A). On the other side, Kudermetova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. Veronika conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Ludmilla (29-19). Kudermetova was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). On the other side, Ludmilla conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
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