Fiona Ferro overcomes Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5 6-2 in the 2nd round in Palermo on Wednesday. Ferro is going to play against Sara Errani in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

Alexandrova had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Ferro in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, Fiona refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Alexandrova in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

Ferro converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (0-2 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 9th (4-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Alexandrova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 40-A).

They played 100 points. Ferro was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Alexandrova (53-47). Fiona lost 14 points on serve (24-14). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 29 points on serve (33-29).

Ferro started the set strong after breaking Alexandrova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the French player to win the set since Ekaterina succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) game. Ferro kept her cool to break the Russian in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Ferro converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Ekaterina converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (0-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 57 points. Ferro conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Alexandrova (34-23). Fiona dropped 13 points on serve (19-13). On the other side, Ekaterina conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).

Ferro will pocket € 1,492 after managing to win this match. She has won already € 4,032 after this win. If she wins the next match, the French player will add € 2,448 to her earnings to earn € 6,480 in total.

 

Match Statistics

Ferro
Alexandrova
7-5 6-2
87
87
Total points
70
70
31
31
Winners
24
24
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
4
4
5
5
Double Faults
5
5
57%
57%
1st in
54%
54%
78%
78%
1st won
51%
51%
31/40
31/40
1st won
24/47
24/47
40%
40%
2nd won
48%
48%
12/30
12/30
2nd won
19/40
19/40
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
Total
2/8
2/8
42%
42%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, the French player scored 87 points vs. Alexandrova’s 70.

the French player served very well to win 78% of the points (31/40) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 40%

points (12/30) on her second serve. Ferro won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Ekaterina had a tough time converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Ferro and Alexandrova is 1-0 for Fiona.

Highlights Fiona Ferro vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Palermo Ladies Open – Palermo

Next Match H2H: Fiona Ferro vs. Sara Errani – stats

Ferro will compete against Errani in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Fiona Ferro and Sara Errani play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ferro (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Ferro won 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in Rabat back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in Palermo

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