Aleksandra Krunic shocks Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Guangzhou on Monday. Krunic will square off with Anna Blinkova in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Krunic had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Sasnovich in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for Aleksandra to win the set as Aliaksandra succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (3-3) game. Aleksandra maintained her cool to break Aliaksandra in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
2nd set.
Krunic came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Sasnovich in the 1st game (1-0). Aleksandra extended her lead after breaking the Belarussian in the 7th (5-2) game before managing to win the set (6-2).
Sasnovich was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-2 to 6-2).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Krunic scored 61 points vs. the Belarussian’s 47 points.
Krunic served pretty well to win 80% of the points (24/30) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 48% points (12/25) on her second serve. Krunic was sharp when converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7). On the other side, Sasnovich was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Krunic and Sasnovich is 1-0 for Aleksandra.
Next Match: Aleksandra Krunic vs. Anna Blinkova – stats
Krunic will compete against Blinkova in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Aleksandra Krunic and Anna Blinkova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Blinkova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Blinkova won 6-2 6-1 in the qualifications in Melbourne back in 2017.
Tennis Scores in Guangzhou
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-1 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (2-6 6-1 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Saisai ZhengZheng – Ying-Ying DuanDuan (6-75 7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Katarina ZavatskaZavatska – Fiona FerroFerro (5-7 7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Fang Ying XunYing Xun (6-3 2-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Xiyu WangWang (6-3 6-3) – 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
- Bernarda PeraPera – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Dalila JakupovicJakupovic (0-0) – See H2H details
- Sofia KeninKenin – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (1-0) – See H2H details
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (0-0) – See H2H details
- Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Lesley KerkhoveKerkhove (1-0) – See H2H details
- Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Shuai ZhangZhang (2-1) – See H2H details
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (0-0) – See H2H details
- Shuai PengPeng – Qiang WangWang (0-0) – See H2H details
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Aleksandra KrunicKrunic (1-0) – See H2H details
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (0-1) – See H2H details
- Bernarda PeraPera – Samantha StosurStosur (0-0) – See H2H details