Arantxa Rus downs Alize Cornet 4-6 6-4 6-0 in the 2nd round in Cluj on Wednesday. Rus will face Ana Bogdan in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes.
The Dutch added to her prize money $ 2,568 after winning this match. She has already won $ 6,608 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Dutch will add $ 5,002 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,610 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Rus scored 105 points vs. the French player’s 91.
Rus
Rus didn’t lose the concentration in converting 64% of the break points that she conquered (7/11).
Cornet
On the other side, Cornet was battling in converting her break points (only 21% – 4/19). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Rus and Cornet is 1-2 for Alize.
Draw and next match H2H: Arantxa Rus vs. Ana Bogdan – stats
Rus will play Bogdan in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Arantxa Rus and Ana Bogdan clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Bogdan (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Bogdan won 6-3 7-65 in the 2nd round in Gaiba back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Rus started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Alize Cornet in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Cornet to win the set because Arantxa succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Alize maintained her focus to break Arantxa in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game before conquering the set (6-4).
The French player was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 6th (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Dutch was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They contested 99 points. Alize conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the Dutch (52-47). Cornet lost 13 points on serve (18-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Rus conceded 34 points on serve (34-34).
Rus won the set after she broke Cornet in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Alize tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Yet, Rus kept the focus to conquer the set 6-4.
Rus failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
Rus converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Alize converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-3 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 68 points. Rus conquered the set after winning 6 points more than the French player (37-31). The Dutch lost 11 points on serve (21-11). In addition, on the other side, Alize conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).
The French player was unable to hold the serve for the entire set and the Dutch won the set 6-0.
The Dutch converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 0th (2-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, the Dutch didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 29 points. Rus was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Alize (21-8). Rus was absolutely perfect on serve to drop barely 1 point during her serving games (8-1). In addition, on the other side, Alize conceded 13 points on serve (7-13).
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