Aoi Ito surprises Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Osaka on Wednesday. Ito will play against Eva Lys in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the qualifications in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Aoi Ito vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto Japan Open Tennis Championships – Osaka
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 68 points vs. Cocciaretto’s 58.
Ito
Ito was well focused in converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9).
Cocciaretto
On the other side, the Italian was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Ito and Cocciaretto is 1-0 for Aoi.
Draw and next match H2H: Aoi Ito vs. Eva Lys – stats
Ito will take on Lys in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Aoi Ito and Eva Lys since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Ito had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the 1st game (1-0). However, the Japanese managed to stage a good comeback to break Cocciaretto 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Ito failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
Aoi was unable to break Elisabetta in the 4th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Cocciaretto was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Aoi converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-4 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Elisabetta converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 4th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40).
They played 80 points. Ito conquered the set after winning 4 points more than the Italian (42-38). The Japanese surrendered 22 points on serve (24-22). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 18 points on serve (16-18).
The Japanese clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Japanese broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to win the set 6-3.
Elisabetta had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-3 to 6-3.
Ito was spot on in converting all her break points in the 6th (2-3 0-40) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40). On the other side, Cocciaretto converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 46 points. The Japanese won 6 more points than the Italian (26-20). Aoi dropped 12 points on serve (15-12). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).
Tennis Scores in Osaka
- Diane ParryParry – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-4 6-2)
- Ana BogdanBogdan – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-0 7-65)
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Elise MertensMertens (3-6 7-5 4-1 ret.)
- Sara SaitoSaito – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (7-62 6-4)
- Suzan LamensLamens – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-3 6-4)
- Eva LysLys – Mccartney KesslerKessler (7-67 3-6 7-5)
- Clara TausonTauson – Harriet DartDart (6-3 6-2)
- Aoi ItoIto – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-4 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Eva LysLys – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Suzan LamensLamens – Ana BogdanBogdan (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Diane ParryParry – Clara TausonTauson (0-0) – H2H details and stats