LINZ. Kiki Bertens topples Van Uytvanck in the 2nd round of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz

Kiki Bertens overcomes Alison Van Uytvanck 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Linz on Thursday. Bertens will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Cori Gauff in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Van Uytvanck didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Bertens in the 1^st game (1-0). That was enough for Alison to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.

2^nd set.

Bertens started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Van Uytvanck in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was the key for Bertens to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.

3^rd set.

Bertens won the set after she broke Alison in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. That break was enough for Bertens to win the set as she didn’t concede her serve in the rest of the set.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Bertens scored 89 points vs. Van Uytvanck’s 76 points.

Bertens served extremely well to win 84% of the points (46/55) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 43% points (13/30) on her second serve. Bertens won this match even if she had a tough time in converting her break points since she converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, the Belgian had a tough time in converting her break points because she converted only 17% of her break points (1/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Bertens and Van Uytvanck is 1-0 for Kiki.

Next Match: Kiki Bertens vs. Cori Gauff – stats

Bertens will compete against Gauff in the quarter.

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

Tennis Scores in Linz

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