Polina Kudermetova topples Nina Stojanovic 5-7 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Merida on Friday. Kudermetova will square off with Ann Li in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 25 minutes.
Highlights Polina Kudermetova vs. Nina Stojanovic Merida Open Akron – Merida
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:25
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 105 points vs. Stojanovic’s 103.
Kudermetova
Kudermetova didn’t lose the focus when converting 64% of the break points that she conquered (7/11).
Stojanovic
On the other side, Stojanovic wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 46% – 6/13). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Kudermetova and Stojanovic is 1-0 for Polina.
Draw and next match H2H: Polina Kudermetova vs. Ann Li – stats
Kudermetova will square off with Li in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Polina Kudermetova and Ann Li since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Nina won the set after she broke the Russian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Polina tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, Nina stayed solid to conquer the set 7-5.
Polina had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Nina was spot on in converting all her break points in the 7th (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 30-40), the 11th (5-5 40-A) and the 13th game (7-4 40-A). On the other side, Polina was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (3-4 15-40).
They played 92 points. Stojanovic was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Polina (50-42). Stojanovic dropped 15 points on serve (26-15). In addition, on the other side, Kudermetova conceded 24 points on serve (27-24).
Kudermetova clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Polina broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.
The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
The Russian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Nina converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 40-A).
They played 66 points. The Russian won 10 more points than the Serbian (38-28). Kudermetova surrendered 14 points on serve (22-14). On the other side, Stojanovic conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).
Kudermetova conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Nina Stojanovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, that was not enough for Kudermetova to win the set because the Serbian found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game. The Russian kept her cool to break the Serbian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).
The Serbian capitulated the 8th game (5-3) when she was serving and leading 40-0.
The Russian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). In addition on the other side, Nina converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (2-4 0-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 50 points. This set was so close that, Polina won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Polina surrendered 12 points on serve (10-12). On the other side, Nina conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
Tennis Scores in Merida
- Ann LiLi – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-1 6-1)
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (5-7 6-4 6-3)
- Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (3-6 6-3 6-4)
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