TASHKENT. Kuzmova wins against Di Lorenzo in the 1st round

Viktoria Kuzmova dispatches Francesca Di Lorenzo 7-6³ 6-3 in the 1^st round in Tashkent on Monday. Kuzmova will face Greetje Minnen in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Kuzmova won the tiebreak at 3.

2^nd set.

Di Lorenzo commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Kuzmova in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Viktoria refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Francesca in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

Francesca was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-3 to 6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Kuzmova scored 84 points vs. Di Lorenzo’s 70 points.

Viktoria served very well to win 82% of the points (37/45) behind her first serve. However she won only 49% points (17/35) on her second serve. Kuzmova was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (2/4). On the other side, Di Lorenzo wasn’t that great in converting her break points because she converted only 13% of her break points (1/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kuzmova and Di Lorenzo is 1-0 for Viktoria.

Next Match: Viktoria Kuzmova vs. Greetje Minnen – stats

Kuzmova will square off with Minnen in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Viktoria Kuzmova and Greetje Minnen since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Tashkent

• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Denisa AllertovaAllertova (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Harriet DartDart (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Katarina ZavatskaZavatska – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-3 5-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Katarzyna KawaKawa – Vitalia DiatchenkoDiatchenko (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Greetje MinnenMinnen – Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Danka KovinicKovinic – Sabina SharipovaSharipova (6-0 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Francesca Di LorenzoDi Lorenzo (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Nigina AbduraimovaAbduraimova – Monica NiculescuNiculescu (0-0) – See H2H details
• Pauline ParmentierParmentier – Aleksandra KrunicKrunic (1-0) – See H2H details
• Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Timea BabosBabos (0-0) – See H2H details
• Tatjana MariaMaria – Olga GovortsovaGovortsova (1-0) – See H2H details
• Akgul AmanmuradovaAmanmuradova – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (0-0) – See H2H details
• Stefanie VoegeleVoegele – Margarita GasparyanGasparyan (0-0) – See H2H details
• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Greetje MinnenMinnen (0-0) – See H2H details
• Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Katarina ZavatskaZavatska (0-0) – See H2H details