BEIJING. Jennifer Brady topples Kozlova in the qualifications of the China Open

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING. Brady gets the better of Kozlova to square off with Amanda Anisimova in the 1st round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Jennifer Brady vs. Kateryna Kozlova

Jennifer Brady gets by Kateryna Kozlova 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the qualifications in Beijing on Saturday. Brady will play Amanda Anisimova in the 1st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The American in this set was too good for Kateryna and consequentely she won 6-2. Kateryna broke Brady 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game. However, the American broke her opponent in the 5th (3-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to win the set (6-2).

2nd set.

Kozlova had a racing start in this set after breaking Brady in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Kozlova to win the set since Brady succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) game.

The American lost the 3rd game (3-0) when she was comfortably leading 40-0.

3rd set.

Brady started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Kozlova in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for the American to win the set as the Ukrainian found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game. The American maintained her focus to break the Ukrainian in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game.

Brady failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Brady scored 105 points vs. Kozlova’s 99 points.

Jennifer didn’t lose the focus when converting 54% of the break points that she conquered (7/13). On the other side, Kateryna was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 36% of her break points (5/14). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Brady and Kozlova is 2-0 for Jennifer.

Next Match: Jennifer Brady vs. Amanda Anisimova – stats

Brady will square off with Anisimova in the 1st round.

There is no head to head record between Jennifer Brady and Amanda Anisimova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

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