Sara Sorribes Tormo powers past Ana Sofia Sanchez 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Merida on Wednesday after playing an impressive match to clash against Lucrezia Stefanini in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Highlights Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Ana Sofia Sanchez Merida Open Akron – Merida
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 55 points vs. Ana’s 28.
Sorribes Tormo
Sorribes Tormo was effective at converting 75% of the break points that she procured (6/8).
Sofia Sanchez
On the other side, the Mexican had some problems converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Sorribes Tormo and Sofia Sanchez is 2-0 for Sara.
Draw and next match H2H: Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Lucrezia Stefanini – stats
Sorribes Tormo will come up against Stefanini in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Sara Sorribes Tormo and Lucrezia Stefanini since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Sorribes Tormo started the set strong after breaking Ana Sofia Sanchez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Nevertheless, there was more to do for the Spaniard to win the set because Ana succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game. Sorribes Tormo kept her focus to break Ana in the 8th (6-2) game.
Sara failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.
An important stage of this set was when Sara won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Sorribes Tormo converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Mexican converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 7th (1-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (1-6 30-40).
They played 46 points. Sorribes Tormo was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Sofia Sanchez (29-17). Sorribes Tormo conceded 10 points on serve (16-10). On the losing side, Sofia Sanchez conceded 13 points on serve (7-13).
Sorribes Tormo won the set after she broke Ana in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
The Mexican was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Sara converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, the Mexican was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 37 points. Sara was the winner of the set after clinching 15 points more than Sofia Sanchez (26-11). Sorribes Tormo lost 6 points on serve (13-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Mexican conceded 13 points on serve (5-13).
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