TASHKENT. Martincova ousts Begu in the 1st round of the Tashkent Open

Tereza Martincova ousts Irina-Camelia Begu 6-7⁴ 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in Tashkent on Monday. Martincova will have to play Katarina Zavatska in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Begu started the set in the best possible way after breaking Martincova in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for the Romanian to win the set as Tereza succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 6^th (3-3) game. The Romanian maintained her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 4.

2^nd set.

Begu got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Martincova in the 2^nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the Czech succeeded in coming back to break Begu 3 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

3^rd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Tereza conquered in the 9^th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Czech scored 118 points vs. Irina-Camelia’s 108 points.

Tereza won this match even if she had some problems in converting her break points as she converted only 47% (7/15). On the other side, Irina-Camelia had some problems in converting her break points since she converted only 29% of her break points (5/17). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Martincova and Begu is 1-0 for Tereza.

Next Match: Tereza Martincova vs. Katarina Zavatska – stats

Martincova will come up against Zavatska in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Tereza Martincova and Katarina Zavatska since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.

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• Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
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• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Francesca Di LorenzoDi Lorenzo (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression

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