Veronika Kudermetova tops the defending champion Sorana Cirstea 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Istanbul on Saturday. Kudermetova will seek to keep on going in this event against Anastasia Potapova in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the semifinal in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Veronika added to her prize money $ 7,937 after winning this match. She has won already $ 18,037 after this win. If she wins the next match, Veronika will add $ 12,963 to her earnings to get in total $ 31,000 in total.
Highlights Veronika Kudermetova vs. Sorana Cirstea TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship – Istanbul
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Kudermetova scored 63 points vs. the Romanian’s 52.
Kudermetova
Veronika won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Cirstea
On the other side, The Romanian was great in converting the only break point that she converted. Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Kudermetova and Cirstea is 1-2 for Sorana.
Draw and next match H2H: Veronika Kudermetova vs. Anastasia Potapova – stats
Kudermetova will take on Potapova in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Anastasia Potapova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Kudermetova won 6-2 4-6 6-0 in the quarter in Melbourne back in January 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Veronika won the set after she broke Sorana 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Sorana tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nonetheless, Veronika maintained the focus to win the set 6-3.
Veronika was unable to break the Romanian in the 5th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Romanian was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
They played 57 points. Kudermetova was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than the Romanian (34-23). The Russian dropped 7 points on serve (14-7). on the other side of the net, Cirstea conceded 20 points on serve (16-20).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Russian grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) before finally winning the set (6-3).
They contested 57 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Sorana (32-25). Veronika conceded 12 points on serve (24-12). In addition, on the other side, Cirstea conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).
Tennis Scores in Istanbul
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (2-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
