TASHKENT. Govortsova wins against Cristian in the qualifications of the Tashkent Open

Olga Govortsova beats Jaqueline Cristian 6-4 4-6 6-1 in the qualifications in Tashkent on Sunday. Govortsova will clash against Tatjana Maria in the 1^st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Govortsova had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Cristian in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for the Belarussian to win the set because Cristian managed to break back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 8^th (3-5) game. The Belarussian kept her focus to break Jaqueline in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game before managing to win the set (6-4).

The Belarussian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.

Olga wasted a good opportunity to break Cristian in the 3^rd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

2^nd set.

Govortsova was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Cristian in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, Cristian managed to stage a good comeback to break the Belarussian in the 4^th (2-2) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

3^rd set.

Govortsova had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Cristian in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Govortsova managed to boost her lead after breaking Jaqueline in the 3^rd (3-0) and in the 7^th (6-1) game before winning the set.

The Belarussian missed the chance to break the Romanian in the 5^th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

A crucial moment of the match was when Govortsova won 4 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Olga scored 107 points vs. the Romanian’s 92 points.

The Belarussian won this match even if she was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points because she converted only 24% (7/29). On the other side, the Romanian was effective in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (4/8). However, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Govortsova and Cristian is 1-0 for Olga.

Next Match: Olga Govortsova vs. Tatjana Maria – stats

Govortsova will compete against Maria in the 1^st round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Olga Govortsova and Tatjana Maria play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Maria (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Maria won 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in Melbourne back in 2016.

Tennis Scores in Tashkent

• Olga GovortsovaGovortsova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Varvara FlinkFlink (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Chloe PaquetPaquet (7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Harriet DartDart – Ana BogdanBogdan (3-6 6-3 6-3) – 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