ST. PETERSBURG RESULTS. Determined Veronika Kudermetova outlasts Putintseva in the 1st round

Veronika Kudermetova survives Yulia Putintseva 7-6⁴ 1-6 7-5 in the 1^st round in St. Petersburg on Tuesday after winning a huge battle. Kudermetova will square off with Kiki Bertens in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Kudermetova won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 9^th (4-5) game. Kudermetova broke back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 10^th (5-5) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 4.

2^nd set.

Putintseva was far too good to concede just 1 game before breaking the Russian 2 times and win the set 6-1.

Kudermetova couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

3^rd set.

The Russian won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 9^th (4-5) game. Kudermetova broke back 3 times in the 6^th (3-3), in the 10^th (5-5) and in the 12^th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

Statistics

Kudermetova won this match even if she scored less points than Yulia (105 vs. 112).

The Russian was pretty good in converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8). On the other side, Putintseva was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 38% – 6/16). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Kudermetova and Putintseva is 1-0 for Veronika.

Next Match H2H: Veronika Kudermetova vs. Kiki Bertens – stats

Kudermetova will square off with Bertens in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Veronika Kudermetova and Kiki Bertens since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg

• Alize CornetCornet – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Oceane DodinDodin – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Donna VekicVekic – Kristie AhnAhn (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Jennifer BradyBrady (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-6⁴ 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Fiona FerroFerro – Caroline GarciaGarcia (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Vitalia DiatchenkoDiatchenko (3-6 6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Belinda BencicBencic – Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova (2-1) – See H2H details
• Alize CornetCornet – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-2) – See H2H details
• Fiona FerroFerro – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
• Donna VekicVekic – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-0) – See H2H details
• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Kiki BertensBertens (0-0) – See H2H details