TENNIS SCORES. Stosur dispatches Stojanovic in the quarter in Guangzhou

GUANGZHOU OPEN - GUANGZHOU. Stosur aces Stojanovic to face Viktorija Golubic in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Samantha Stosur vs. Nina Stojanovic

Samantha Stosur ousts Nina Stojanovic 6-2 7-61 in the quarter in Guangzhou on Thursday. Stosur will have to play Viktorija Golubic in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Samantha in this set was in much better shape than Stojanovic and therefore she won 6-2 after breaking Stojanovic in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Stojanovic was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).

2nd set.

Stojanovic had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Stosur in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Yet, Stosur found the way to come back to break Stojanovic in the 7th (2-5) and in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 1.

A crucial moment of the match was when Samantha won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-5 to 5-5.

Anyhow also Stojanovic won 5 consecutive games from 0-0 to 5-0

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Australian scored 78 points vs. the Serbian’s 62 points.

Samantha served extremely well to win 75% of the points (30/40) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 48% points (16/33) on her second serve. Stosur was effective in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8). On the other side, Stojanovic was struggling in converting her break points because she converted only 17% of her break points (2/12). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Stosur and Stojanovic is 1-1.

Next Match: Samantha Stosur vs. Viktorija Golubic – stats

Stosur will face Golubic in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Samantha Stosur and Viktorija Golubic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

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