Liudmila Samsonova stuns Sloane Stephens 6-4 2-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Brisbane on Tuesday. Samsonova will play against Petra Kvitova in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Ludmilla conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
2nd set.
The American in this set was too strong for the Russian and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking the Russian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this match was when Sloane won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
3rd set.
Samsonova had a great start in this set after breaking Stephens in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for the Russian to win the set as the American succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (1-4) game.
A defining moment of this match was when Ludmilla won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Samsonova scored 93 points vs. Sloane’s 88 points.
Ludmilla fired 10 aces and she committed 14 double faults. Samsonova was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (3/5). On the other side, Stephens was struggling when converting her break points (only 25% – 3/12). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Samsonova and Stephens is 1-0 for Ludmilla.
Next Match H2H: Liudmila Samsonova vs. Petra Kvitova – stats
Samsonova will take on Kvitova in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Liudmila Samsonova and Petra Kvitova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Madison KeysKeys – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Sloane StephensStephens (6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Maria SharapovaSharapova (3-6 6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Kiki BertensBertens – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-2 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (2-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Donna VekicVekic (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Alison RiskeRiske – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Sofia KeninKenin – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Priscilla HonHon (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Barbora StrycovaStrycova – Johanna KontaKonta (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Samantha StosurStosur – Angelique KerberKerber (7-65 7-64) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Jennifer BradyBrady (2-0) – See H2H details
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-0) – See H2H details
- Kiki BertensBertens – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (2-1) – See H2H details
- Sofia KeninKenin – Naomi OsakaOsaka (1-1) – See H2H details
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-4) – See H2H details
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Madison KeysKeys (1-0) – See H2H details