Tamara Zidansek blitzes Victoria Azarenka 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Monterrey on Tuesday after playing a remarkable match to face off with Anastasia Potapova in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The Slovenian in this set played a much better tennis than Azarenka and finally she won 6-2. Victoria broke Zidansek 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game. However, the Slovenian broke her opponent in the 7th (5-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to win the set (6-2).
The Slovenian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Zidansek won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.
2nd set.
Zidansek was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Azarenka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Slovenian extended her lead after breaking the Belarussian in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Slovenian scored 62 points vs. the Belarussian’s 40 points.
The Slovenian was pretty focused in converting 83% of the break points that she procured (5/6). On the other side, the Belarussian was not so effective in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Zidansek and Azarenka is 1-0 for Tamara.
Highlights Tamara Zidansek vs. Victoria Azarenka Abierto GNP Seguros – Monterrey
Next Match H2H: Tamara Zidansek vs. Anastasia Potapova – stats
Zidansek will face Potapova in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Tamara Zidansek and Anastasia Potapova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Potapova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Potapova won 3-6 6-4 5-2 ret. in the semifinal in Moscow back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in Monterrey
- Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (4-6 6-0 6-2) – 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
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Heather WatsonWatson (7-64 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Giulia Gatto-MonticoneGatto-Monticone (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Johanna KontaKonta – Kim ClijstersClijsters (6-3 7-5) – 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
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (3-6 7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Kristina KucovaKucova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Venus WilliamsWilliams (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Olga GovortsovaGovortsova – Caroline DolehideDolehide (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Sloane StephensStephens – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-4 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Astra SharmaSharma – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yafan WangWang – Lara ArruabarrenaArruabarrena (6-4 6-4) – 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
