TASHKENT. Danka Kovinic beats Sharipova in the 1st round of the Tashkent Open

Danka Kovinic topples Sabina Sharipova 6-0 5-7 6-2 in the 1^st round in Tashkent on Monday. Kovinic is going to play against Margarita Gasparyan in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

This was a one way set after the conceded no games to Sharipova before winning the set 6-0.

2^nd set.

Kovinic had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Sharipova in the 2^nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Sharipova managed to stage a good comeback to break Kovinic 4 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 5^th (3-2), in the 9^th (5-4) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

The Uzbek failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.

3^rd set.

Kovinic had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Sharipova in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the to win the set since the Uzbek found the way to break back in the 7^th (2-5) game. Danka maintained her cool to break Sharipova in the 8^th (6-2) game.

A crucial moment of the match was when Kovinic won 5 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Kovinic scored 91 points vs. Sabina’s 66 points.

Danka didn’t lose the concentration in converting 69% of the break points that she procured (9/13). On the other side, the Uzbek didn’t lose the concentration in converting 71% of the break points that she conquered points (5/7). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kovinic and Sharipova is 1-0 for Danka.

Next Match: Danka Kovinic vs. Margarita Gasparyan – stats

Kovinic will square off with Gasparyan in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Danka Kovinic and Margarita Gasparyan play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kovinic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Gasparyan won 7-6⁴ 4-6 6-1 in the quarter in Mumbai back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Tashkent

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

Upcoming matches

• Nigina AbduraimovaAbduraimova – Monica NiculescuNiculescu (0-0) – 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
• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Greetje MinnenMinnen (0-0) – See H2H details
• Katarzyna KawaKawa – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Katarina ZavatskaZavatska (0-0) – See H2H details
• Danka KovinicKovinic – Margarita GasparyanGasparyan (1-0) – See H2H details