ACAPULCO RESULTS. Renata Zarazua surprises Stephens in the 1st round of the Abierto Mexicano TELCEL

Renata Zarazua shocks Sloane Stephens 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in Acapulco on Tuesday. Zarazua will have to play Katie Volynets in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Renata won the set after she broke Stephens in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9^th (5-4) game. Anyhow, Zarazua maintained the focus before winning the set 6-4.

2^nd set.

The Mexican in this set was too good for Sloane and without struggling too much she won 6-2. Stephens broke Zarazua 3 times in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (5-1) and in the 8^th (6-2) game. However, Zarazua broke her opponent in the 7^th (5-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to conquer the set (6-2).

The Mexican failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.

The Mexican was unable to break Sloane in the 2^nd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Certainly, a key moment was when Renata won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Zarazua scored 76 points vs. the American’s 56 points.

Renata won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 36% (5/14). On the other side, Sloane had some problems converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Zarazua and Stephens is 1-0 for Renata.

Highlights Renata Zarazua vs. Sloane Stephens Abierto Mexicano TELCEL – Acapulco

Next Match H2H: Renata Zarazua vs. Katie Volynets – stats

Zarazua will come up against Volynets in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Renata Zarazua and Katie Volynets since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Acapulco

• Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Sloane StephensStephens (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Kaja JuvanJuvan – Venus WilliamsWilliams (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Francesca Di LorenzoDi Lorenzo (2-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Caroline DolehideDolehide – Usue Maitane ArconadaMaitane Arconada (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Shelby RogersRogers (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Christina MchaleMchale – Lauren DavisDavis (6-2 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Lin ZhuZhu – Katarina ZavatskaZavatska (7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Sara ErraniErrani – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Heather WatsonWatson – Coco VandewegheVandeweghe (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Tatjana MariaMaria – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-4 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (4-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Nao HibinoHibino – Arantxa RusRus (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-7⁷ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Xiyu WangWang – Yafan WangWang (6-4 7-6⁸) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Katie VolynetsVolynets (0-0) – See H2H details
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Kaja JuvanJuvan (0-0) – See H2H details
• Tatjana MariaMaria – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-1) – See H2H details
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Nao HibinoHibino (0-1) – See H2H details
• Heather WatsonWatson – Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko (2-2) – See H2H details
• Caroline DolehideDolehide – Christina MchaleMchale (0-0) – See H2H details
• Lin ZhuZhu – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-0) – See H2H details
• Sara ErraniErrani – Xiyu WangWang (0-0) – See H2H details