Alison Van Uytvanck beats Ysaline Bonaventure 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Hiroshima on Monday. Van Uytvanck will face Kirsten Flipkens in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Alison won the set after she broke Bonaventure in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Ysaline tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Notwithstanding, Alison didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 6-4.

A crucial moment of the match was when Van Uytvanck won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

2nd set.

Van Uytvanck came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Bonaventure in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for Van Uytvanck to win the set as Ysaline succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (1-5) game.

Van Uytvanck failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 40.

A crucial moment of the match was when Van Uytvanck won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Alison scored 67 points vs. Ysaline’s 45 points.

Van Uytvanck won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points because she converted only 45% (5/11). On the other side, Ysaline was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 25% of her break points (2/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Van Uytvanck and Bonaventure is 2-0 for Alison.

Next Match: Alison Van Uytvanck vs. Kirsten Flipkens – stats

Van Uytvanck will square off with Flipkens

in the 2nd round.

This will be the 5th time that Alison Van Uytvanck and Kirsten Flipkens play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Van Uytvanck and Flipkens (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Van Uytvanck won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in St. Petersburg back in January 2019.

Tennis Scores in Hiroshima

Upcoming matches

  • Alison Van UytvanckVan UytvanckKirsten FlipkensFlipkens (2-2) – See H2H details
  • Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescuKurumi NaraNara (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes TormoVarvara FlinkFlink (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Misaki DoiDoiZoe HivesHives (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Su-Wei HsiehHsiehNao HibinoHibino (2-0) – See H2H details
  • Laura SiegemundSiegemundVeronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – See H2H details