Sloane Stephens hustles Zvonareva at the 1st round – RABAT RESULTS

GRAND PRIX DE SAR LA PRINCESSE LALLA MERYEM - RABAT DRAW AND RESULTS. Stephens tops Zvonareva

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sloane Stephens vs. Vera Zvonareva

Sloane Stephens prevails over Vera Zvonareva 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Rabat on Monday. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reach the qualifications in 2011. Here you can see her history at this event.

Stephens
Rabat
Stephens's Record

Sloane added to her prize money $ 1,290 after winning this match. She has already won $ 4,220 after this win. If she wins the next match, Stephens will add $ 2,197 to her earnings to get in total $ 6,417 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Stephens
Zvonareva
Sloane Stephens
7-5 6-4
1h:46
Vera Zvonareva
75
75
Total points
66
66
32
32
Winners
22
22
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
65%
65%
1st in
62%
62%
65%
65%
1st won
54%
54%
32/49
32/49
1st won
22/41
22/41
46%
46%
2nd won
52%
52%
12/26
12/26
2nd won
13/25
13/25
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
Total
3/5
3/5
45%
45%
Won
60%
60%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 75 points vs. Vera’s 66.

Stephens

Sloane won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.

Zvonareva

On the other side, the Russian was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Stephens and Zvonareva is 1-1.

Sloane Stephens Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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StephensZvonareva
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0
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Stephens had a racing start in this set after breaking Vera Zvonareva in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Sloane was not done to come back to break Vera 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

Sloane failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.

Stephens converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A), the 8th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (5-5 0-40) and the 13th game (7-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Vera converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (3-1 15-40), the 4th (3-1 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 78 points. The American won 6 more points than the Russian (42-36). Stephens surrendered 17 points on serve (21-17). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 21 points on serve (19-21).

2nd Set -
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0
0
0
0

Stephens conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Vera Zvonareva in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. However, that was not enough for Sloane to win the set as Zvonareva succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) game.

The American converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (1-4 30-40).

They contested 63 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Stephens won just 3 points more than Vera (33-30). Sloane conceded 14 points on serve (23-14). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).

1st
Stephens
Zvonareva
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
2nd
Stephens
Zvonareva
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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