MOSCOW. Astonishing Shinikova trashes Diatchenko in the qualifications

KREMLIN CUP - MOSCOW. Shinikova upsets Diatchenko to face Olga Danilovic in the qualifications

Prediction and head to head Isabella Shinikova vs. Vitalia Diatchenko

Isabella Shinikova stuns Vitalia Diatchenko 6-1 6-2 in the qualifications in Moscow on Saturday after playing a remarkable match to face off with Olga Danilovic in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Shinikova started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Diatchenko in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Isabella to win the set because the Russian managed to break back in the 6th (1-5) game. The Bulgarian kept her focus to break Vitalia in the 7th (6-1) game.

Isabella failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 0.

A crucial moment of the match was when the Bulgarian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

2nd set.

The Bulgarian in this set played a much better tennis than Diatchenko and consequentely she won 6-2 after breaking the Russian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Shinikova scored 60 points vs. Vitalia’s 35 points.

Shinikova served extremely well to win 76% of the points (19/25) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 47% points (9/19) on her second serve. Isabella was pretty focused in converting 86% of the break points that she conquered (6/7). On the other side, Vitalia was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Shinikova and Diatchenko is 1-0 for Isabella.

Next Match: Isabella Shinikova vs. Olga Danilovic – stats

Shinikova will compete against Danilovic in the qualifications.

This will be the 2nd time that Isabella Shinikova and Olga Danilovic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Danilovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.

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