TENNIS SCORES. Stosur upsets Golubic in the semifinal in Guangzhou

Samantha Stosur shocks Viktorija Golubic 2-6 7-6⁴ 6-1 in the semifinal in Guangzhou on Friday. Stosur will face off with Sofia Kenin in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Golubic took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Stosur in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Golubic managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Samantha in the 3^rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2).

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

2^nd set.

Stosur won the set after she broke Golubic in the 4^th (3-1) game. Golubic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9^th (5-4) game. Anyhow, Samantha managed to stay calm and finish the job before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 4.

3^rd set.

Stosur overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Golubic in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that was not enough for the Australian to win the set since Golubic managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. The Australian kept her cool to break Viktorija in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (4-1) and in the 7^th (6-1) game.

The Swiss couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Australian scored 103 points vs. the Swiss’s 97 points.

Stosur won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points because she converted only 29% (5/17). On the other side, the Swiss didn’t lose the concentration in converting 57% of the break points that she procured points (4/7). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Next Match: Samantha Stosur vs. Sofia Kenin – stats

Stosur will come up against Kenin in the final.

This will be the 3^rd time that Samantha Stosur and Sofia Kenin play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Stosur (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Stosur won 6-2 6-3 in the 1^st round in Eastbourne back in June 2019.

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou

• Sofia KeninKenin – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (7-6² 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Samantha StosurStosur – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (2-6 7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Sofia KeninKenin – Samantha StosurStosur (0-2) – See H2H details