LINZ. Alexandrova ousts Siegemund in the 2nd round

Ekaterina Alexandrova prevails over Laura Siegemund 7-6¹ 2-6 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Linz on Thursday. Alexandrova will face Kristina Mladenovic in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Alexandrova took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Siegemund in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for the Russian to win the set since Siegemund found the way to break back in the 6^th (3-3) game. Ekaterina kept her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 1.

The Russian was unable to break the German in the 9^th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

2^nd set.

Siegemund had a strong start of this set after breaking Alexandrova in the 1^st game (1-0). Siegemund managed to boost her lead after breaking the Russian in the 7^th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

3^rd set.

Ekaterina won the set after she broke Laura 3 times in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. Laura tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, the Russian managed to stay calm and finish the job before winning the set 6-4.

Ekaterina missed the opportunity to break the German in the 2^nd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 106 points vs. the German’s 102 points.

Ekaterina won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points because she converted only 29% (4/14). On the other side, Laura was far from perfect in converting her break points because she converted only 45% of her break points (5/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Alexandrova and Siegemund is 1-0 for Ekaterina.

Next Match: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Kristina Mladenovic – stats

Alexandrova will face Mladenovic in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Kristina Mladenovic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Linz

• Kiki BertensBertens – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Alize CornetCornet (7-5 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Donna VekicVekic (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (7-6¹ 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (2-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (4-6 6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Julia GoergesGoerges (7-6² 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Kiki BertensBertens – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – See H2H details
• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details