Ekaterina Alexandrova defeats Tomova in the 1st round to collide vs Jovic. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Alexandrova bests Tomova to come up against Iva Jovic in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Ekaterina Alexandrova prevails over Viktoriya Tomova 6-7(4) 6-0 7-5 in the 1st round in New York on Monday. Alexandrova will clash against Iva Jovic in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Alexandrova
New York
Alexandrova's Record

Ekaterina added to her prize money $ 40,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 140,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Alexandrova will add $ 75,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 215,000 in total.

Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Viktoriya Tomova U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Alexandrova
Tomova
Ekaterina Alexandrova
6-74 6-0 7-5
2h:33
Viktoriya Tomova
113
113
Total points
87
87
47
47
Winners
35
35
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
46
46
Unforced
19
19
71%
71%
Ratio Unforced
29%
29%
4/8
4/8
Net Approaches
0/1
0/1
50%
50%
Perc
0%
0%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
2
2
5
5
Double Faults
3
3
59%
59%
1st in
70%
70%
75%
75%
1st won
53%
53%
47/63
47/63
1st won
35/66
35/66
44%
44%
2nd won
43%
43%
19/43
19/43
2nd won
12/28
12/28
178
178
Fastest serve
164
164
166
166
AVG 1st Serve
143
143
130
130
AVG 2nd Serve
120
120
-- Break Points --
7/14
7/14
Total
3/12
3/12
50%
50%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, Alexandrova scored 113 points vs. Viktoriya’s 87.

Alexandrova

Alexandrova served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (47/63) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 44% points (19/43) on her second serve. Alexandrova was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (7/14).

Tomova

On the other side, Tomova was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 25% – 3/12). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Alexandrova and Tomova is 4-2 for Ekaterina.

Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Iva Jovic – stats

Alexandrova will come up against Jovic in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Iva Jovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Ekaterina Alexandrova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Tomova 7-6
TomovaAlexandrova
7
6
T
1
0
A
2
0
A
2
1
T
3
1
T
4
1
A
4
2
A
4
3
T
4
4
T
5
4
A
6
4
A
7
4
TomovaAlexandrova
6
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
TomovaAlexandrova
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
TomovaAlexandrova
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
TomovaAlexandrova
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
TomovaAlexandrova
4
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
TomovaAlexandrova
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
TomovaAlexandrova
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
TomovaAlexandrova
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
TomovaAlexandrova
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
TomovaAlexandrova
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
TomovaAlexandrova
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
TomovaAlexandrova
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Alexandrova conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Viktoriya Tomova in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the Bulgarian refused to bow to come back to break Alexandrova in the 2nd (1-1) game before winning the set at the breaker at 4.

Tiebreak

Viktoriya won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Alexandrova won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3) and 8th (4-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

Tomova was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Alexandrova was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A).

They played 94 points. This set was so close that, Tomova won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Bulgarian conceded 16 points on serve (27-16). On the losing side, Alexandrova conceded 20 points on serve (31-20).

2nd Set -
Alexandrova 6-0
AlexandrovaTomova
6
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
AlexandrovaTomova
5
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
AlexandrovaTomova
4
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
AlexandrovaTomova
3
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
AlexandrovaTomova
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
AlexandrovaTomova
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

This set was completely uneven as Alexandrova conceded no games to Viktoriya before winning the set 6-0.

Alexandrova converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, Ekaterina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 32 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 16 points more than the Bulgarian (24-8). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Tomova conceded 12 points on serve (4-12).

3rd Set -
Alexandrova 7-5
AlexandrovaTomova
7
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
AlexandrovaTomova
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
AlexandrovaTomova
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
AlexandrovaTomova
5
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
AlexandrovaTomova
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
AlexandrovaTomova
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
AlexandrovaTomova
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
AlexandrovaTomova
2
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
AlexandrovaTomova
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
AlexandrovaTomova
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
AlexandrovaTomova
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
AlexandrovaTomova
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30

Alexandrova won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game, Alexandrova broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.

The Russian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (1-2 0-40), the 6th (2-3 0-40 and 15-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). Also, on the other side, Viktoriya converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40).

They contested 74 points. Alexandrova won 10 points more than Tomova (42-32). The Russian lost 16 points on serve (23-16). On the other side, Viktoriya conceded 19 points on serve (16-19).

1st
Alexandrova
Tomova
6-7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
2nd
Alexandrova
Tomova
6-0
6
0
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Alexandrova
Tomova
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
 

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