Kaja Juvan stuns Marketa Vondrousova 1-6 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Palermo on Tuesday.
Match report and key stats
Vondrousova started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Juvan in the 1st game (1-0). Marketa managed to boost her lead after breaking Kaja in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
The Slovenian was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Vondrousova converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, the Slovenian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40).
They contested 43 points. Vondrousova won 11 points more than the Slovenian (27-16). Vondrousova lost 6 points on serve (13-6). On the losing side, the Slovenian conceded 14 points on serve (10-14).
Juvan had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Vondrousova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Kaja to win the set as Marketa found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Kaja maintained her cool to break Marketa in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
A defining moment of this set was when Kaja won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0. Nonetheless also Marketa won 5 consecutive games from 0-4 to 5-4
Kaja converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). In addition on the other side, Vondrousova converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (0-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (1-4 0-40) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A).
They played 100 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Slovenian won just 2 points more than Vondrousova (51-49). Kaja conceded 27 points on serve (29-27). on the other side of the court, Vondrousova conceded 22 points on serve (22-22).
Juvan had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Vondrousova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. However, there was more work to do for the Slovenian to win the set since the Czech found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (3-5) game. The Slovenian maintained her cool to break Marketa in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-4).
The Slovenian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Juvan won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to convert the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Kaja converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Vondrousova converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-4 30-40), the 8th (2-5 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 63 points. Kaja won 7 more points than Marketa (35-28). Juvan conceded 16 points on serve (20-16). Regarding the other side of the net, Marketa conceded 15 points on serve (12-15).
The Slovenian will pocket at least 2,540 euros after winning this match.
Match Statistics
Juvan won this contest even if she conquered less points than Vondrousova (102 vs. 106).
Kaja was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (6/12). Regarding the other side of the net, Vondrousova had some problems converting her break points (only 44% – 7/16). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Juvan and Vondrousova is 1-0 for Kaja.
Highlights Kaja Juvan vs. Marketa Vondrousova Palermo Ladies Open – Palermo
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