MONTERREY RESULTS. Inexorable Svitolina crushes Kovinic in the 1st round of the Abierto GNP Seguros

Elina Svitolina obliterates Danka Kovinic 6-3 6-2 in the 1^st round in Monterrey on Tuesday after playing a solid match to fight against Olga Govortsova in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Svitolina took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Kovinic in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That was enough for the Ukrainian to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.

2^nd set.

The Ukrainian in this set was too good for Kovinic and finally she won 6-2 after breaking the in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Svitolina scored 58 points vs. Danka’s 42 points.

The Ukrainian served very well to win 83% of the points (24/29) behind her first serve, and she won 62% points (13/21) on her second serve. Elina was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (3/6). On the other side, Danka wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Svitolina and Kovinic is 3-0 for Elina.

Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Danka Kovinic Abierto GNP Seguros – Monterrey

Next Match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Olga Govortsova – stats

Svitolina will come up against Govortsova in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Elina Svitolina and Olga Govortsova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Monterrey

• Johanna KontaKonta – Kim ClijstersClijsters (6-3 7-5) – 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
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (7-6⁵ 6-2) – 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
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Arantxa RusRus – Varvara FlinkFlink (4-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-2 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
• Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (3-6 7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Venus WilliamsWilliams (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Kristina KucovaKucova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Sloane StephensStephens – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-4 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
• Olga GovortsovaGovortsova – Caroline DolehideDolehide (3-6 6-2 6-1) – 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