Katerina Siniakova outlasts Alison Van Uytvanck 5-7 6-2 7-5 in the qualifications in Dubai on Monday after winning a huge battle. Siniakova is going to play against Karolina Muchova in the 1st round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Alison conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 8th (3-5) game, The Belgian broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set 7-5.
The Belgian lost a big opportunity to break the Czech in the 5th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Siniakova had no answers in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).
2nd set.
Van Uytvanck started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Siniakova in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the Czech succeeded in coming back to break Van Uytvanck 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
3rd set.
The Czech won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Katerina broke back 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.
The Belgian was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Siniakova scored 110 points vs. the Belgian’s 101 points.
Siniakova won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 47% (8/17). On the other side, Van Uytvanck was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 43% – 6/14). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Siniakova and Van Uytvanck is 2-2.
Next Match H2H: Katerina Siniakova vs. Karolina Muchova – stats
Siniakova will take on Muchova in the 1st round.
There is no head to head record between Katerina Siniakova and Karolina Muchova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (5-7 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Bethanie Mattek-SandsMattek-Sands (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Ana BogdanBogdan (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Polona HercogHercog (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Carla Suarez NavarroSuarez Navarro (6-2 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-1) – See H2H details
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jennifer BradyBrady (1-0) – See H2H details
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (1-0) – See H2H details
- Petra MarticMartic – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (1-2) – See H2H details
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-0) – See H2H details
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Belinda BencicBencic (1-4) – See H2H details
- Sofia KeninKenin – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-0) – See H2H details
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (1-4) – See H2H details
- Simona HalepHalep – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – See H2H details