Bernarda Pera defeats Lucia Bronzetti 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Indian Wells on Thursday. Pera will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Liudmila Samsonova in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 52 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.
The American added to her prize money $ 12,225 after winning this match. She has already won $ 30,885 after this win. If she wins the next match, Bernarda will add $ 24,885 to her earnings to get in total $ 55,770 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 122 points vs. the Italian’s 112.
Pera
Pera struck 10 aces and she committed 13 double faults. The American won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities.
Bronzetti
On the other side, Lucia was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Pera and Bronzetti is 2-1 for Bernarda.
Draw and next match H2H: Bernarda Pera vs. Liudmila Samsonova – stats
Pera will face Samsonova in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Bernarda Pera and Liudmila Samsonova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Pera and Samsonova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Samsonova won 6-1 6-2 in the semifinal in Cleveland back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
The American conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 9th (4-5) game, Pera broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.
Bernarda failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
Bronzetti was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Bernarda converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (4-5 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Italian converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 13th game (4-7 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 93 points. It’s worth to point out that, Bernarda won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Lucia (46-47). Pera lost 23 points on serve (30-23). On the other side, the Italian conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).
Pera overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Lucia Bronzetti in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, there was more to do for Lucia to win the set because Bernarda managed to break back in the 7th (2-5) and in the 8th (3-5) game.
The Italian was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-0 15-40), the 5th (4-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Bernarda was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (0-3 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 0-40).
They played 73 points. It’s worth to point out that, Bronzetti won this set even if she scored less points 3 than Bernarda (35-38). The Italian surrendered 15 points on serve (19-15). On the other side, the American conceded 16 points on serve (23-16).
Pera came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Lucia Bronzetti in the 2nd game (2-0) 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 Italian succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. The American kept her focus to break Bronzetti in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).
The American converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Lucia converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 40-A and 40-A).
They played 74 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Lucia (41-33). Bernarda conceded 8 points on serve (17-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Lucia conceded 24 points on serve (25-24).
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