Ajla Tomljanovic surprises Potapova in the semifinal to set up a clash vs Putintseva at the Rothesay Classic. HIGHLIGHTS – BIRMINGHAM RESULTS

ROTHESAY CLASSIC - BIRMINGHAM DRAW AND RESULTS. Tomljanovic surprises Potapova to square off with Yulia Putintseva in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Anastasia Potapova

Ajla Tomljanovic shocks Anastasia Potapova 7-6(5) 6-4 in the semifinal in Birmingham on Saturday. Tomljanovic will have to play Yulia Putintseva in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2013 and 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Tomljanovic
Birmingham
Tomljanovic's Record

Highlights Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Anastasia Potapova Rothesay Classic – Birmingham

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tomljanovic
Potapova
Ajla Tomljanovic
7-65 6-4
1h:30
Anastasia Potapova
77
77
Total points
70
70
36
36
Winners
32
32
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
8
8
5
5
Double Faults
8
8
71%
71%
1st in
52%
52%
75%
75%
1st won
78%
78%
36/48
36/48
1st won
32/41
32/41
50%
50%
2nd won
42%
42%
10/20
10/20
2nd won
16/38
16/38
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
Total
1/1
1/1
29%
29%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Ajla scored 77 points vs. the Russian’s 70.

Tomljanovic

The Australian served very well to win 75% of the points (36/48) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (10/20) on her second serve. Tomljanovic won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.

Potapova

On the other side, The Russian was exceptional in converting the only break point that she converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Tomljanovic and Potapova is 3-1 for Ajla.

Draw and next match H2H: Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Yulia Putintseva – stats

Tomljanovic will come up against Putintseva in the final.

This will be the 6th time that Ajla Tomljanovic and Yulia Putintseva fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Putintseva (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Putintseva won 5-7 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Istanbul back in 2022.

Ajla Tomljanovic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Tomljanovic 7-6
TomljanovicPotapova
7
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
TomljanovicPotapova
7
6
1
0
2
0
3
0
3
1
4
1
5
1
5
2
5
3
5
4
5
5
6
5
TomljanovicPotapova
6
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
TomljanovicPotapova
5
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
TomljanovicPotapova
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
TomljanovicPotapova
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
TomljanovicPotapova
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
TomljanovicPotapova
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
TomljanovicPotapova
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
TomljanovicPotapova
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
TomljanovicPotapova
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
TomljanovicPotapova
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
TomljanovicPotapova
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
TomljanovicPotapova
0
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A

The Australian won the set after she broke Potapova in the 3rd (2-1) game. Anastasia tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Ajla kept the focus to conquer the set 7-6.

The Australian missed the chance to break Anastasia in the 1st game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Ajla converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Anastasia was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 10th game (4-5 15-40).

They played 95 points. The contest during this set was so even that Ajla won just 1 point more than Potapova (48-47). The Australian dropped 15 points on serve (26-15). on the other side of the court, Potapova conceded 22 points on serve (32-22).

2nd Set -
Tomljanovic 6-4
TomljanovicPotapova
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
TomljanovicPotapova
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
TomljanovicPotapova
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
TomljanovicPotapova
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
TomljanovicPotapova
3
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
TomljanovicPotapova
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
TomljanovicPotapova
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
TomljanovicPotapova
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
TomljanovicPotapova
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Ajla conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

Tomljanovic converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Tomljanovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 52 points. Tomljanovic conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Anastasia (28-24). The Australian lost 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, Anastasia conceded 12 points on serve (19-12).

1st
Tomljanovic
Potapova
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Tomljanovic
Potapova
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Birmingham

  • Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (7-65 6-4)
  • Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-2 6-2)

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