Viktoria Kuzmova upsets Sorribes Tormo in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Kuzmova stuns Sorribes Tormo to compete against Shelby Rogers in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Viktoria Kuzmova vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo

Viktoria Kuzmova shocks Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in New York on Monday. Kuzmova will engage against Shelby Rogers in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Kuzmova's Record

Kuzmova added to her prize money $ 41,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 121,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Slovakian will add $ 67,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 188,000 in total.

Highlights Viktoria Kuzmova vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo U.S. Open – New York

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At the end of the match, the Slovakian scored 77 points vs. Sorribes Tormo’s 62.

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The Slovakian won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points after she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

Sorribes Tormo

On the other side, Sorribes Tormo was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Kuzmova and Sorribes Tormo is 2-0 for Viktoria.

Draw and next match H2H: Viktoria Kuzmova vs. Shelby Rogers – stats

Kuzmova will square off with Rogers in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Viktoria Kuzmova and Shelby Rogers play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kuzmova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Kuzmova won 6-4 6-4 in the Rubber 2 in Billie Jean King Cup, Finals back in 2021.

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Kuzmova won the set after she broke Sara 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Sorribes Tormo tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) game. Yet, Viktoria kept the situation under control to win the set 6-3.

Sara lost the 3rd game (2-1) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0. There was an important spell in this set when the Slovakian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-1 to 4-1.

The Slovakian converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Sorribes Tormo converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 77 points. Kuzmova conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the Spaniard (43-34). The Slovakian surrendered 13 points on serve (19-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 24 points on serve (21-24).

The Slovakian won the set after she broke Sara in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Spaniard tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, Viktoria stayed solid to conquer the set 6-4.

The Slovakian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.

The Slovakian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Sorribes Tormo converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 62 points. Kuzmova conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Sorribes Tormo (34-28). The Slovakian lost 9 points on serve (19-9). on the other side of the net, Sara conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).

 

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