TASHKENT. Immense Cirstea exterminates Zavatska in the semifinal of the Tashkent Open

TASHKENT OPEN - TASHKENT. Cirstea exterminates Zavatska to face Alison Van Uytvanck in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Katarina Zavatska

Sorana Cirstea motors past Katarina Zavatska 6-0 6-3 in the semifinal in Tashkent on Friday after playing a fantastic match to come up against Alison Van Uytvanck in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

There was not much story in this set after Cirstea conceded no games to Katarina before winning the set 6-0.

2nd set.

Cirstea had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Zavatska in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Romanian to win the set as Zavatska found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game. The Romanian maintained her focus to break the Ukrainian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before managing to win the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Cirstea scored 65 points vs. Zavatska’s 43 points.

The Romanian served extremely well to win 75% of the points (21/28) behind her first serve. However she won only 38% points (5/13) on her second serve. The Romanian won this match even if she had some problems in converting her break points since she converted only 38% (6/16). On the other side, the Ukrainian was absolutely great in converting all the break points (2/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Cirstea and Zavatska is 1-0 for Sorana.

Next Match: Sorana Cirstea vs. Alison Van Uytvanck – stats

Cirstea will fight against Van Uytvanck in the final.

This will be the 3rd time that Sorana Cirstea and Alison Van Uytvanck square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Cirstea won 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Linz back in 2017.

Tennis Scores in Tashkent

Upcoming matches

  • Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-2) – See H2H details