TENNIS SCORES. Gritty Larsson survives Kerkhove in the qualifications of the U.S. Open

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Larsson outlasts Kerkhove to take on Kirsten Flipkens in the qualifications

Prediction and head to head Johanna Larsson vs. Lesley Kerkhove

Johanna Larsson outlasts Lesley Kerkhove 3-6 7-62 7-63 in the qualifications in New York on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Larsson will seek to keep on going in this event against Kirsten Flipkens in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Larsson started the set strong after breaking Kerkhove in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Kerkhove succeeded in coming back to break Larsson 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

A crucial moment of the match was when Lesley won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 4-2.

2nd set.

Kerkhove started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Larsson in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, Johanna succeeded in coming back to break Lesley 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 2.

A crucial moment of the match was when Larsson won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 2-5 to 6-5.

3rd set.

Larsson got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Kerkhove in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Swede to win the set as Lesley managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Larsson kept her cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Swede scored 113 points vs. Kerkhove’s 112 points.

Larsson was pretty focused in converting 58% of the break points that she procured (7/12). On the other side, Kerkhove was struggling in converting her break points since she converted only 47% of her break points (8/17). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Larsson and Kerkhove is 1-0 for Johanna.

Next Match: Johanna Larsson vs. Kirsten Flipkens – stats

Larsson will compete against Flipkens in the qualifications.

This will be the 4th time that Johanna Larsson and Kirsten Flipkens square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Larsson (see full H2H stats), but Flipkens leads 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Flipkens won 7-61 1-6 7-63 in the 1st round in Auckland back in 2015.

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