TENNIS SCORES. Tenacious Kozlova outlasts Peterson in the qualifications of the Wuhan Open

WUHAN OPEN - WUHAN. Kozlova outlasts Peterson to compete against Alison Riske in the 1st round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Kateryna Kozlova vs. Rebecca Peterson

Kateryna Kozlova survives Rebecca Peterson 6-1 4-6 7-5 in the qualifications in Wuhan on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Kozlova will have to play Alison Riske in the 1st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Kozlova was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Peterson in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The Ukrainian extended her lead after breaking Rebecca in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

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

2nd set.

Peterson didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Kozlova in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Peterson to win the set as Kateryna succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. The Swede maintained her cool to break the Ukrainian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

3rd set.

The Ukrainian won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. The Ukrainian broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Kateryna scored 98 points vs. Peterson’s 83 points.

Kozlova was effective when converting 62% of the break points that she procured (8/13). On the other side, the Swede didn’t lose the focus when converting 56% of the break points that she procured points (5/9). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Kozlova and Peterson is 1-0 for Kateryna.

Next Match: Kateryna Kozlova vs. Alison Riske – stats

Kozlova will compete against Riske in the 1st round.

There is no head to head record between Kateryna Kozlova and Alison Riske since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

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