MONTERREY RESULTS. Spirited Konta outlasts Potapova in the quarter of the Abierto GNP Seguros

Johanna Konta survives Anastasia Potapova 6-7⁶ 6-3 7-6⁷ in the quarter in Monterrey on Friday after winning a huge battle. Konta will face Marie Bouzkova in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Potapova had a favorable start in this set after breaking Konta in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Anastasia to win the set because Johanna managed to break back in the 5^th (2-3) game. The Russian maintained her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 6.

2^nd set.

Konta had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Potapova in the 2^nd game (2-0). Yet, there was more work to do for Konta to win the set as Potapova found the way to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. Johanna kept her cool to break Potapova in the 4^th (3-1) game before conquering the set (6-3).

3^rd set.

The Brit conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, Johanna broke back in the 9^th (4-5) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 7.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Konta scored 117 points vs. the Russian’s 116 points.

Konta won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points as she converted only 36% (4/11). On the other side, Anastasia was well focused in converting 75% of the break points that she procured points (3/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Konta and Potapova is 1-0 for Johanna.

Highlights Johanna Konta vs. Anastasia Potapova Abierto GNP Seguros – Monterrey

Next Match H2H: Johanna Konta vs. Marie Bouzkova – stats

Konta will come up against Bouzkova in the semifinal.

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

Tennis Scores in Monterrey

• Johanna KontaKonta – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-7⁶ 6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Yafan WangWang (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Arantxa RusRus – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (6-1 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Arantxa RusRus (0-0) – See H2H details
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Johanna KontaKonta (0-0) – See H2H details