Julia Goerges aces Monica Puig 1-6 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Luxembourg on Friday. Goerges will play Elena Rybakina in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Puig commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Goerges in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Puerto Rican managed to boost her lead after breaking Goerges in the 6th (5-1) game before managing to win the set (6-1).
2nd set.
Goerges came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Puig in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Goerges managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Puig in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
3rd set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Goerges conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Julia scored 76 points vs. Puig’s 70 points.
Goerges served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (30/39) behind her first serve, and she won 59% points (16/27) on her second serve. Julia struck 10 aces and she committed 2 double faults. Julia won this match even if she was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 25% (3/12). On the other side, the Puerto Rican was absolutely great in converting all the break points (2/2). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Goerges and Puig is 3-4 for Monica.
Highlights Julia Goerges vs. Monica Puig BGL Luxembourg Open – Luxembourg
Next Match: Julia Goerges vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Goerges will square off with Rybakina in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Julia Goerges and Elena Rybakina fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Goerges (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Goerges won 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in St. Petersburg back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in Luxembourg
- Julia GoergesGoerges – Monica PuigPuig (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Margarita GasparyanGasparyan (6-3 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Antonia LottnerLottner (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (0-0) – See H2H details
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Julia GoergesGoerges (0-1) – See H2H details