TENNIS SCORES NANCHANG. Great Kozlova powers past Jakupovic in the 2nd round of the Jiangxi Open

Kateryna Kozlova demolishes Dalila Jakupovic 6-2 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Nanchang on Wednesday after playing a superlative match to square off with Nina Stojanovic in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Kozlova had a racing start in this set after breaking Jakupovic in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Kozlova reinforced her lead after breaking Dalila in the 3^rd (3-0) game before managing to win the set (6-2).

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

2^nd set.

Kozlova had a great start in this set after breaking Jakupovic in the 1^st game (1-0). However, there was more to do for Kateryna to win the set as the Slovenian found the way to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 4^th (2-2) game. Kozlova maintained her focus to break the Slovenian in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game before managing to win the set (6-2).

Dalila couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Ukrainian scored 62 points vs. Jakupovic’s 45 points.

The Ukrainian won this match even if she had some problems in converting her break points because she converted only 40% (6/15). On the other side, the Slovenian was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 33% of her break points (2/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Kozlova and Jakupovic is 1-1.

Next Match: Kateryna Kozlova vs. Nina Stojanovic – stats

Kozlova will compete against Stojanovic in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Kateryna Kozlova and Nina Stojanovic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Nanchang

• Lin ZhuZhu – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-0 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Shuai PengPeng – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (6-3 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Samantha StosurStosur (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Magda LinetteLinette – Fangzhou LiuLiu (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Dalila JakupovicJakupovic (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Jana FettFett (7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Lara ArruabarrenaArruabarrena (1-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Lin ZhuZhu – Shuai PengPeng (0-1) – See H2H details
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Magda LinetteLinette (1-0) – See H2H details
• Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (0-0) – See H2H details