TENNIS SCORES. Tomova surprises Samsonova in the qualifications in Osaka

Viktoriya Tomova shocks Liudmila Samsonova 3-6 6-0 6-4 in the qualifications in Osaka on Sunday. Tomova will have to play Alize Cornet in the 1^st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Ludmilla won the set after she broke Tomova in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. That break was the key and it was sufficient for Samsonova to conquer the set as she didn’t concede her serve in the rest of the set.

2^nd set.

There was not much story in this set after the Bulgarian conceded no games to the Russian before winning the set 6-0.

3^rd set.

Tomova conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, Tomova broke back in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Viktoriya scored 81 points vs. Ludmilla’s 66 points.

The Bulgarian was effective in converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8). On the other side, Ludmilla was effective in converting 75% of the break points that she conquered points (3/4). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Tomova and Samsonova is 1-0 for Viktoriya.

Next Match: Viktoriya Tomova vs. Alize Cornet – stats

Tomova will square off with Cornet in the 1^st round.

There is no head to head record between Viktoriya Tomova and Alize Cornet since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Osaka

• Varvara FlinkFlink – Katarzyna KawaKawa (6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Kyoka OkamuraOkamura (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicole GibbsGibbs – Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alize CornetCornet – Kurumi NaraNara (6-7³ 7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (3-6 6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Xinyun HanHan – Yuki NaitoNaito (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Alize CornetCornet – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Nao HibinoHibino – Varvara FlinkFlink (0-0) – See H2H details
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Petra MarticMartic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Xinyun HanHan – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (0-0) – See H2H details
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (0-1) – See H2H details
• Elise MertensMertens – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (0-2) – See H2H details
• Madison KeysKeys – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (5-0) – See H2H details
• Monica PuigPuig – Zarina DiyasDiyas (2-0) – See H2H details
• Alison RiskeRiske – Nicole GibbsGibbs (0-0) – See H2H details
• Donna VekicVekic – Caroline GarciaGarcia (2-2) – See H2H details
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Misaki DoiDoi (1-1) – See H2H details
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (0-0) – See H2H details