Anastasija Sevastova victorious over Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1 7-5 in the 1st round in Moscow on Monday. Sevastova will clash against Yulia Putintseva or Kristina Mladenovic in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Sasnovich was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Sevastova in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Sevastova succeeded in coming back to break the Belarussian 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Aliaksandra was completely wiped out in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-1 to 6-1).
2nd set.
Sevastova won the set after she broke Aliaksandra in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Sasnovich tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. However, the Latvian didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 7-5.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Anastasija scored 84 points vs. Aliaksandra’s 63 points.
The Latvian won this match even if she had some problems in converting her break points since she converted only 42% (5/12). On the other side, Aliaksandra wasn’t that great in converting her break points because she converted only 22% of her break points (2/9). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Sevastova and Sasnovich is 1-1.
Highlights Anastasija Sevastova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich Kremlin Cup – Moscow
Next Match: Anastasija Sevastova vs. Yulia Putintseva or Kristina Mladenovic – stats
Sevastova will compete against either Yulia Putintseva or Kristina Mladenovic in the 2nd round. The head to head is 2-2 vs. Yulia Putintseva and 2-0 vs. Kristina Mladenovic.
Tennis Scores in Moscow
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-0 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
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