BRISBANE RESULTS. Samantha Stosur shocks Kerber in the 1st round

Samantha Stosur shocks Angelique Kerber 7-6⁵ 7-6⁴ in the 1^st round in Brisbane on Monday. Stosur will square off with Marie Bouzkova or Madison Keys in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Stosur conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Kerber in the 2^nd game (2-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Samantha to win the set since the German managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Stosur maintained her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

Anyhow also the German won 4 consecutive games from 2-5 to 6-5

2^nd set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, the Australian won the tiebreak at 4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Samantha scored 93 points vs. Angelique’s 87 points.

Stosur won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points because she converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, Kerber was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (3/6). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Stosur and Kerber is 4-6 for Angelique.

Highlights Samantha Stosur vs. Angelique Kerber Brisbane International – Brisbane

Next Match: Samantha Stosur vs. Marie Bouzkova or Madison Keys – stats

Stosur will play either Marie Bouzkova or Madison Keys in the 2^nd round. The head to head is 0-1 vs. Marie Bouzkova and 3-0 vs. Madison Keys.

Tennis Scores in Brisbane

• Barbora StrycovaStrycova – Johanna KontaKonta (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alison RiskeRiske – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Priscilla HonHon (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Samantha StosurStosur – Angelique KerberKerber (7-6⁵ 7-6⁴) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Maria SharapovaSharapova – Jennifer BradyBrady (1-0) – See H2H details
• Sloane StephensStephens – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Petra KvitovaKvitova (3-7) – See H2H details
• Donna VekicVekic – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (4-0) – See H2H details
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Madison KeysKeys (0-0) – See H2H details
• Kiki BertensBertens – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (2-0) – See H2H details
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (2-0) – See H2H details
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Naomi OsakaOsaka (1-2) – See H2H details
• Barbora StrycovaStrycova – Alison RiskeRiske (2-0) – See H2H details
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-4) – See H2H details