MOSCOW. Great Gracheva outpaces Gatto-Monticone in the qualifications

KREMLIN CUP - MOSCOW. Gracheva thumps Gatto-Monticone to come up against Ajla Tomljanovic in the 1st round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Giulia Gatto-Monticone

Varvara Gracheva destroys Giulia Gatto-Monticone 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in Moscow on Monday after playing a good match to fight against Ajla Tomljanovic in the 1st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Russian was far too good to concede just 1 game before breaking the Italian 3 times and win the set 6-1.

Gatto-Monticone couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-1 to 6-1).

2nd set.

Gatto-Monticone had a racing start in this set after breaking Gracheva in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Gracheva managed to stage a great comeback to break the Italian in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

A crucial moment of the match was when the Russian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 60 points vs. the Italian’s 36 points.

The Russian served very well to win 87% of the points (27/31) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 33% points (4/12) on her second serve. Gracheva was effective in converting 71% of the break points that she procured (5/7). On the other side, the Italian was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Gracheva and Gatto-Monticone is 1-0 for Varvara.

Next Match: Varvara Gracheva vs. Ajla Tomljanovic – stats

Gracheva will come up against Tomljanovic in the 1st round.

There is no head to head record between Varvara Gracheva and Ajla Tomljanovic since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Moscow

Upcoming matches

  • Ons JabeurJabeur – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-1) – See H2H details
  • Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-1) – See H2H details
  • Jana CepelovaCepelova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-1) – See H2H details
  • Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Natalia VikhlyantsevaVikhlyantseva (0-1) – See H2H details
  • Polona HercogHercog – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (2-1) – See H2H details
  • Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (2-1) – See H2H details
  • Timea BabosBabos – Kaia KanepiKanepi (0-2) – See H2H details
  • Donna VekicVekic – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – See H2H details