TASHKENT. Katarzyna Kawa wins against Diatchenko in the 1st round of the Tashkent Open

Katarzyna Kawa conquers Vitalia Diatchenko 7-5 6-3 in the 1^st round in Tashkent on Monday.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Katarzyna won the set after she broke Diatchenko 4 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (4-1), in the 7^th (5-2) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Diatchenko tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 6^th (4-2), in the 8^th (5-3) and in the 10^th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Katarzyna didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 7-5.

Kawa failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.

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

2^nd set.

Kawa commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Diatchenko in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Katarzyna to win the set since Vitalia found the way to break back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 6^th (3-3) game. Kawa kept her cool to break Vitalia in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Kawa scored 70 points vs. Vitalia’s 57 points.

Kawa won this match even if she was struggling in converting her break points as she converted only 47% (8/17). On the other side, Vitalia didn’t lose the focus when converting 83% of the break points that she procured points (5/6). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Kawa and Diatchenko is 1-0 for Katarzyna.

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