LYON RESULTS. Giorgi bests Lapko in the 1st round

Camila Giorgi gets the better of Vera Lapko 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in Lyon on Tuesday. Giorgi will play Alize Cornet in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Giorgi won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Giorgi broke back in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set 6-3.

Lapko was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-3 to 6-3).

2^nd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Italian conquered in the 5^th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

Lapko lost the 5^th game (3-2) when she was serving and leading 40-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Camila scored 70 points vs. the Belarussian’s 55 points.

Camila served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (26/33) behind her first serve, and she won 57% points (17/30) on her second serve. Giorgi won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points because she converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, Vera was not so effective in converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Giorgi and Lapko is 1-0 for Camila.

Highlights Camila Giorgi vs. Vera Lapko Open 6 Sens – Lyon

Next Match H2H: Camila Giorgi vs. Alize Cornet – stats

Giorgi will fight against Cornet in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 7^th time that Camila Giorgi and Alize Cornet fight against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Giorgi (see full H2H stats), but Cornet leads 1-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Giorgi won 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in New York back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in Lyon

• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Lesley KerkhoveKerkhove (6-2 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Magdalena FrechFrech (7-5 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Chloe PaquetPaquet (1-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Clara BurelBurel (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Ana BogdanBogdan (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Vera LapkoLapko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Pauline ParmentierParmentier (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Alize CornetCornet – Antonia LottnerLottner (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Katarzyna KawaKawa (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-4 1-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Jaqueline CristianCristian – Priscilla HonHon (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Anastasiya KomardinaKomardina (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Irina Maria BaraMaria Bara – Timea BabosBabos (6-3 6-7² 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Sofia KeninKenin – Vitalia DiatchenkoDiatchenko (0-1) – See H2H details
• Mandy MinellaMinella – Oceane DodinDodin (0-1) – See H2H details
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (0-0) – See H2H details
• Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (0-0) – See H2H details
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Irina Maria BaraMaria Bara (0-0) – See H2H details
• Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Alize CornetCornet (4-2) – See H2H details
• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (0-1) – See H2H details