Cagla Buyukakcay upsets Linda Fruhvirtova 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Rabat on Tuesday. Buyukakcay will try to keep the momentum against Julia Grabher in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 1st round in 2015. Here you can see her history at this event.
Cagla 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, the Turk will add $ 2,197 to her earnings to get in total $ 6,417 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:33
At the end of the match, the Turk scored 91 points vs. Linda’s 80.
Buyukakcay
Cagla won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 40% (8/20) of the procured opportunities.
Fruhvirtova
On the other side, Linda was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (6/9). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Buyukakcay and Fruhvirtova is 1-0 for Cagla.
Draw and next match H2H: Cagla Buyukakcay vs. Julia Grabher – stats
Buyukakcay will play Grabher in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Cagla Buyukakcay and Julia Grabher since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Buyukakcay got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Linda Fruhvirtova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Cagla to win the set since Fruhvirtova found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4), in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Buyukakcay kept her focus to break Fruhvirtova in the 7th (5-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Cagla failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Turk won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Cagla converted 50% of her break points (4/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40), the 6th (4-2 40-A), the 9th (5-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 11th (5-5 30-40) and the 13th game (7-4 15-40). On the other side, Fruhvirtova was on the money in converting all her break points in the 6th (1-4 30-40), the 8th (2-5 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 88 points. Buyukakcay won 10 points more than Linda (49-39). Cagla dropped 16 points on serve (20-16). on the other side of the court, Linda conceded 29 points on serve (23-29).
The Turk won the set after she broke Linda 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. The Czech tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Nevertheless, Buyukakcay kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-4.
Cagla converted 27% of her break points (3/11). She had 11 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). Also, on the other side, Fruhvirtova converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (1-2 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 81 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Cagla won just 1 point more than the Czech (41-40). Buyukakcay conceded 19 points on serve (16-19). Regarding the other side of the net, Linda conceded 25 points on serve (21-25).
Tennis Scores in Rabat
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- Julia GrabherGrabher – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (6-73 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Malak El AllamiEl Allami (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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- Peyton StearnsStearns – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Julia RieraRiera – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Mayar SherifSherif – Kateryna BaindlBaindl (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean – Gabriela LeeLee (7-64 5-7 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Martina TrevisanTrevisan – Jana FettFett (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Julia GrabherGrabher – Cagla BuyukakcayBuyukakcay (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Mayar SherifSherif – Julia RieraRiera (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Alycia ParksParks (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Peyton StearnsStearns (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Timea BabosBabos – Sloane StephensStephens (0-2) – H2H details and stats
