Inexorable Sloane Stephens grounds Gracheva in the 2nd round to play vs Putintseva at the French Open – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Stephens exterminates Gracheva to compete against Yulia Putintseva in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sloane Stephens vs. Varvara Gracheva

Sloane Stephens clobbers Varvara Gracheva 6-2 6-1 in the 2nd round in Paris on Wednesday after playing a terrific match to clash against Yulia Putintseva in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the final in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

Stephens
Paris
Stephens's Record

The American added to her prize money € 45,000 after winning this match. She has already won € 142,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sloane will add € 98,000 to her earnings to get in total € 240,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Stephens
Gracheva
Sloane Stephens
6-2 6-1
1h:13
Varvara Gracheva
65
65
Total points
42
42
26
26
Winners
16
16
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
11
11
Unforced
30
30
27%
27%
Ratio Unforced
73%
73%
3/5
3/5
Net Approaches
11/17
11/17
60%
60%
Perc
65%
65%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
73%
73%
1st in
63%
63%
74%
74%
1st won
43%
43%
26/35
26/35
1st won
16/37
16/37
54%
54%
2nd won
50%
50%
7/13
7/13
2nd won
11/22
11/22
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
Total
0/3
0/3
45%
45%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 65 points vs. the Russian’s 42.

Stephens

Stephens won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points after she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.

Gracheva

On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Stephens and Gracheva is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Sloane Stephens vs. Yulia Putintseva – stats

Stephens will take on Putintseva in the 3rd round.

This will be the 6th time that Sloane Stephens and Yulia Putintseva face off. The head to head is 3-2 for Putintseva (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Putintseva won 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in 2021.

Sloane Stephens Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Stephens 6-2
StephensGracheva
6
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
StephensGracheva
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
StephensGracheva
5
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
StephensGracheva
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
StephensGracheva
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
StephensGracheva
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
StephensGracheva
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
StephensGracheva
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Stephens was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Varvara Gracheva in the 1st game (1-0). Stephens reinforced her lead after breaking the Russian in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

The American converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Varvara was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 56 points. Sloane was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than the Russian (33-23). The American conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).

2nd Set -
Stephens 6-1
StephensGracheva
6
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
StephensGracheva
5
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
StephensGracheva
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
StephensGracheva
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
StephensGracheva
3
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
StephensGracheva
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
StephensGracheva
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

Stephens had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Varvara Gracheva in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Stephens managed to boost her lead after breaking Varvara in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

One of the most important stints of the set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

Stephens converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 2nd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Stephens didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 51 points. Sloane was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Gracheva (32-19). Stephens surrendered 6 points on serve (15-6). on the other side of the court, Varvara conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).

1st
Stephens
Gracheva
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Stephens
Gracheva
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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