TENNIS SCORES. Alison Van Uytvanck prevails over Flipkens in the 2nd round of the Japan Women’s Open

Alison Van Uytvanck gets the better of Kirsten Flipkens 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Hiroshima on Thursday. Van Uytvanck will play Mihaela Buzarnescu in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Van Uytvanck didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Flipkens in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Van Uytvanck to win the set as Kirsten succeeded in breaking back in the 4^th (1-3) game. Alison kept her cool to break Kirsten in the 7^th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

2^nd set.

Flipkens clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Kirsten broke back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 6^th (4-2) game before winning the set 6-3.

A crucial moment of the match was when Flipkens won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.

3^rd set.

Flipkens was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Van Uytvanck in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Van Uytvanck found the way to come back to break Flipkens in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 6^th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Van Uytvanck scored 90 points vs. Flipkens’s 82 points.

Alison didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (6/10). On the other side, Kirsten was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 40% of her break points (4/10). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Van Uytvanck and Flipkens is 3-2 for Alison.

Next Match: Alison Van Uytvanck vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu – stats

Van Uytvanck will face Buzarnescu in the quarter.

This will be the 2^nd time that Alison Van Uytvanck and Mihaela Buzarnescu play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Van Uytvanck (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Van Uytvanck won 6-1 6-0 in the 2^nd round in Budapest back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Hiroshima

• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Varvara FlinkFlink (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescu – Kurumi NaraNara (7-6¹ 7-5) – See score progression
• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Misaki DoiDoi – Zoe HivesHives (6-1 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-2 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
• Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Priscilla HonHon (1-6 7-6² 7-5) – See score progression
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Christina MchaleMchale (7-6⁷ 6-2) – See score progression
• Nao HibinoHibino – Zarina DiyasDiyas (6-1 3-2 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescu (1-0) – See H2H details
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Misaki DoiDoi (0-0) – See H2H details
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – See H2H details