LINZ. Bertens ousts Doi in the 1st round

Kiki Bertens aces Misaki Doi 6-4 7-5 in the 1^st round in Linz on Wednesday. Bertens will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Alison Van Uytvanck in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Bertens took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Doi in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Kiki to win the set as Doi found the way to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Kiki kept her focus to break Doi in the 7^th (4-3) game before conquering the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Bertens had a favorable start in this set after breaking Doi in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that was not enough for the Dutch to win the set as the Japanese succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Kiki kept her focus to break the Japanese in the 11^th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Dutch scored 79 points vs. Doi’s 63 points.

The Dutch served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (29/38) behind her first serve, and she won 54% points (13/24) on her second serve. Kiki won this match even if she had some problems in converting her break points since she converted only 40% (4/10). On the other side, the Japanese was struggling in converting her break points as she converted only 40% of her break points (2/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Bertens and Doi is 3-1 for Kiki.

Highlights Kiki Bertens vs. Misaki Doi Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz

Next Match: Kiki Bertens vs. Alison Van Uytvanck – stats

Bertens will face Van Uytvanck in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Kiki Bertens and Alison Van Uytvanck since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Linz

• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Barbara HaasHaas (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (3-6 6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Kiki BertensBertens – Misaki DoiDoi (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Viktoria Kuzmova/Yana SizikovaKuzmova/Yana Sizikova – Dalila Jakupovic/Sabrina SantamariaJakupovic/Sabrina Santamaria (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Alize CornetCornet – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Fiona FerroFerro (6-2 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
• Donna VekicVekic – Polona HercogHercog (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Julia GoergesGoerges – Margarita GasparyanGasparyan (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Belinda BencicBencic (6-4 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Julia GrabherGrabher (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-1 6-7¹ 7-6⁵) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Kiki BertensBertens – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (0-0) – See H2H details
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (1-1) – See H2H details
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (0-0) – See H2H details
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Donna VekicVekic (2-2) – See H2H details
• Alize CornetCornet – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-0) – See H2H details