TENNIS SCORES. Bogdan upsets Hercog in the 1st round of the Korea Open

Ana Bogdan upsets Polona Hercog 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the 1^st round in Seoul on Tuesday. Bogdan will seek to keep on going in this event against Kristie Ahn in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Romanian conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Similarly to the 1^st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Polona conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

3^rd set.

Bogdan took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Hercog in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Ana improved her lead after breaking the Slovenian in the 4^th (4-0) game before managing to win the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when the Romanian won 5 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Ana scored 78 points vs. Polona’s 64 points.

Ana served very well to win 83% of the points (29/35) behind her first serve, and she won 66% points (21/32) on her second serve. Ana won this match even if she had a tough time in converting her break points because she converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, the Slovenian was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 33% of her break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Bogdan and Hercog is 1-0 for Ana.

Next Match: Ana Bogdan vs. Kristie Ahn – stats

Bogdan will compete against Ahn in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Ana Bogdan and Kristie Ahn since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Seoul

• Ana BogdanBogdan – Polona HercogHercog (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-4 3-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Na-Lae HanHan (7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Timea BabosBabos – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Priscilla HonHon – Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Denisa AllertovaAllertova (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Magda LinetteLinette – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Kristie AhnAhn – Timea BacsinszkyBacsinszky (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
• Yafan WangWang – Danielle LaoLao (6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Margarita GasparyanGasparyan – Tatjana MariaMaria (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Jessica PegulaPegula (5-7 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Ji-Hee ChoiChoi (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-1) – See H2H details
• Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Yafan WangWang (0-0) – See H2H details
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Timea BabosBabos (0-0) – See H2H details
• Priscilla HonHon – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Margarita GasparyanGasparyan – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (0-0) – See H2H details
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Magda LinetteLinette (1-0) – See H2H details
• Ana BogdanBogdan – Kristie AhnAhn (0-0) – See H2H details
• Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – See H2H details