MONTERREY RESULTS. Anna Schmiedlova shocks Williams in the 1st round of the Abierto GNP Seguros

Anna Schmiedlova stuns Venus Williams 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the 1^st round in Monterrey on Monday. Anna Schmiedlova will face off with Marie Bouzkova in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The American won the set after she broke Anna Schmiedlova 3 times in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (5-1) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. The Slovakian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (5-2) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. Nonetheless, the American didn’t lose the lead before winning the set 6-4.

Venus failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.

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

2^nd set.

Anna Schmiedlova was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Williams in the 1^st

game (1-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for Karolina to win the set because Williams succeeded in breaking back in the 4^th (2-2) game. Karolina kept her cool to break the American in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

3^rd set.

Anna Schmiedlova started the set strong after breaking Williams in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Slovakian to win the set because Williams succeeded in breaking back in the 5^th (1-4) game. The Slovakian maintained her focus to break the American in the 8^th (6-2) game.

A crucial moment of the match was when the Slovakian won 4 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Anna Schmiedlova scored 113 points vs. Williams’s 101 points.

The Slovakian won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points because she converted only 40% (8/20). On the other side, Venus was not so effective in converting her break points (only 38% – 5/13). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Anna Schmiedlova and Williams is 2-1 for Karolina.

Highlights Anna Schmiedlova vs. Venus Williams Abierto GNP Seguros – Monterrey

Next Match H2H: Anna Schmiedlova vs. Marie Bouzkova – stats

Anna Schmiedlova will fight against Bouzkova in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Anna Schmiedlova and Marie Bouzkova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Monterrey

• Arantxa RusRus – Varvara Flink
  Flink (4-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Giulia Gatto-MonticoneGatto-Monticone (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (4-6 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Johanna KontaKonta – Kim ClijstersClijsters (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Lauren DavisDavis – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Tatjana MariaMaria – Heather WatsonWatson (7-6⁴ 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Yafan WangWang – Lara ArruabarrenaArruabarrena (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Astra SharmaSharma – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Olga GovortsovaGovortsova – Caroline DolehideDolehide (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Venus WilliamsWilliams (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (3-6 7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Sloane StephensStephens – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-4 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Kristina KucovaKucova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Olga GovortsovaGovortsova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Sloane StephensStephens (0-0) – See H2H details
• Lauren DavisDavis – Arantxa RusRus (0-0) – See H2H details
• Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (0-0) – See H2H details
• Yafan WangWang – Astra SharmaSharma (0-0) – See H2H details
• Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-1) – See H2H details
• Tatjana MariaMaria – Johanna KontaKonta (0-0) – See H2H details