TENNIS SCORES. Samantha Stosur gets the better of Martincova in the 1st round in Guangzhou

Samantha Stosur topples Tereza Martincova 6-2 6-4 in the 1^st round in Guangzhou on Monday. Stosur will fight against Bernarda Pera in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Stosur had a racing start in this set after breaking Martincova in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The Australian managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the Czech in the 3^rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

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

2^nd set.

Stosur started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Martincova in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, there was more work to do for Samantha to win the set since Tereza succeeded in breaking back in the 4^th (1-3) and in the 6^th (2-4) game. Stosur kept her cool to break Tereza in the 5^th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Australian scored 63 points vs. Tereza’s 48 points.

The Australian served exceptionally well to win 89% of the points (31/35) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 18% points (4/22) on her second serve. The Australian was pretty focused in converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9). On the other side, Tereza was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (2/3). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Stosur and Martincova is 1-0 for Samantha.

Next Match: Samantha Stosur vs. Bernarda Pera – stats

Stosur will square off with Pera in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Samantha Stosur and Bernarda Pera since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou

• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Fang Ying XunYing Xun (6-3 2-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Aleksandra KrunicKrunic – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Samantha StosurStosur – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Xiyu WangWang (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Bernarda PeraPera – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

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