MOSCOW. Mladenovic overcomes Putintseva in the 1st round

KREMLIN CUP - MOSCOW. Mladenovic overcomes Putintseva to come up against Anastasija Sevastova in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Kristina Mladenovic vs. Yulia Putintseva

Kristina Mladenovic wins against Yulia Putintseva 6-4 3-6 6-2 in the 1st round in Moscow on Tuesday. Mladenovic will play against Anastasija Sevastova in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Mladenovic won the set after she broke Yulia in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Putintseva tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) game. Notwithstanding, Kristina refused to give way before winning the set 6-4.

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

2nd set.

Putintseva had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Mladenovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was enough for Putintseva to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.

3rd set.

The French Player in this set was much more effective than the Kazakhstani and consequentely she won 6-2 after breaking the Kazakhstani in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Yulia lost the plot in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the French Player scored 86 points vs. Yulia’s 78 points.

Kristina served very well to win 80% of the points (41/51) behind her first serve. However she won only 44% points (15/34) on her second serve. Mladenovic was pretty good in converting 80% of the break points that she conquered (4/5). On the other side, the Kazakhstani had a tough time in converting her break points since she converted only 40% of her break points (2/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Mladenovic and Putintseva is 3-1 for Kristina.

Next Match: Kristina Mladenovic vs. Anastasija Sevastova – stats

Mladenovic will come up against Sevastova in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Kristina Mladenovic and Anastasija Sevastova play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sevastova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Sevastova won 6-3 3-0 ret. in the 1st round in Rome back in 2018.

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