TENNIS SCORES HIROSHIMA. Fantastic Buzarnescu makes light work of Tomova in the 1st round of the Japan Women’s Open

Mihaela Buzarnescu extinguishes Viktoriya Tomova 6-1 6-4 in the 1^st round in Hiroshima on Tuesday after playing a remarkable match to play Kurumi Nara in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Buzarnescu started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Tomova in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Buzarnescu managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the Bulgarian in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

2^nd set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Romanian conquered in the 3^rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

Buzarnescu was unable to break the Bulgarian in the 1^st game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Mihaela scored 70 points vs. Viktoriya’s 49 points.

Buzarnescu served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (26/33) behind her first serve, and she won 71% points (10/14) on her second serve. The Romanian won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points because she converted only 21% (3/14). On the other side, Viktoriya wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Buzarnescu and Tomova is 1-0 for Mihaela.

Next Match: Mihaela Buzarnescu vs. Kurumi Nara – stats

Buzarnescu will face Nara in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Mihaela Buzarnescu and Kurumi Nara since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Hiroshima

• Nao HibinoHibino – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-7² 7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Zoe HivesHives – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Kurumi NaraNara – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Christina MchaleMchale – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Risa OzakiOzaki (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Misaki DoiDoi – Junri NamigataNamigata (4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescu – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Varvara FlinkFlink – Kristina KucovaKucova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig – Ayano ShimizuShimizu (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Valeria SavinykhSavinykh (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Priscilla HonHon – Katarzyna KawaKawa (6-0 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (2-2) – See H2H details
• Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescu – Kurumi NaraNara (0-0) – See H2H details
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Varvara FlinkFlink (0-0) – See H2H details
• Misaki DoiDoi – Zoe HivesHives (0-0) – See H2H details
• Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Nao HibinoHibino (2-0) – See H2H details
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – See H2H details