ACAPULCO RESULTS. Kaja Juvan shocks Williams in the 1st round

ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL - ACAPULCO RESULTS. Juvan stuns Williams to take on Tamara Zidansek in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Kaja Juvan vs. Venus Williams

Kaja Juvan shocks Venus Williams 4-6 7-64 6-2 in the 1st round in Acapulco on Tuesday. Juvan will have to play Tamara Zidansek in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Juvan started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Williams in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Williams was not done to come back to break Juvan 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The Slovenian had to surrender the 2nd game (1-1) when she was 40-0 up.

Kaja was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-4 to 6-4).

2nd set.

Juvan conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Williams in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for the Slovenian to win the set because Williams succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (4-4) game. The Slovenian kept her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 4.

3rd set.

Juvan conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Williams in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Juvan to win the set since Venus succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Slovenian kept her focus to break Williams in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Williams was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Slovenian scored 110 points vs. Williams’s 103 points.

The Slovenian was pretty focused in converting 70% of the break points that she conquered (7/10). On the other side, Williams was battling in converting her break points (only 35% – 6/17). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Juvan and Williams is 1-0 for Kaja.

Highlights Kaja Juvan vs. Venus Williams Abierto Mexicano TELCEL – Acapulco

Next Match H2H: Kaja Juvan vs. Tamara Zidansek – stats

Juvan will take on Zidansek in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Kaja Juvan and Tamara Zidansek since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

The last time that they squared off, Zidansek won 2-6 7-5 7-5 in the semifinal in Bol back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in Acapulco

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