PALERMO. Astonishing Ferro sweeps aside Errani in the quarter of the Palermo Ladies Open. HIGHLIGHTS

Fiona Ferro demolishes Sara Errani 6-4 6-1 in the quarter in Palermo on Friday after playing an impressive match to face off with Camila Giorgi in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

Errani conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Ferro in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, Ferro found the way to come back to break the Italian 3 times in the 6^th (3-3), in the 8^th (4-4) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

the French player converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4^th (1-2 30-40), the 5^th (2-3 30-40), the 8^th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10^th game (5-4 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Italian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40) and the 7^th game (3-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 78 points. Fiona conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Sara (42-36). the French player dropped 21 points on serve (24-21). On the losing side, the Italian conceded 18 points on serve (15-18).

Ferro didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Errani in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, there was more to do for Ferro to win the set because the Italian found the way to break back in the 5^th (1-4) game. Fiona maintained her cool to break the Italian in the 6^th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

There was an important spell in this set when Fiona won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set so as to convert the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

the French player converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 0-40), the 4^th (3-0 0-40) and the 6^th game (4-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Errani was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4^th game (0-4 0-40).

They contested 45 points. Fiona was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than the Italian (30-15). Fiona conceded 9 points on serve (14-9). In addition, on the other side, Sara conceded 16 points on serve (6-16).

the French player will add to her prize money € 2,448 after winning this match. She has won already € 6,480 of the final. If she wins the next match, Ferro will add € 4,810 to her earnings to get in total € 11,290.

Match Statistics

Ferro

Errani

6-4 6-1

72

72

Total points

51

51

25

25

Winners

15

15

35%

35%

Ratio Winners

29%

29%

-- Serve --

3

3

Aces

0

0

2

2

Double Faults

1

1

60%

60%

1st in

71%

71%

61%

61%

1st won

38%

38%

25/41

25/41

1st won

15/39

15/39

48%

48%

2nd won

38%

38%

13/27

13/27

2nd won

6/16

6/16

-- Break Points --

6/10

6/10

Total

3/7

3/7

60%

60%

Won

43%

43%

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After this match, the head to head between Ferro and Errani is 2-0 for Fiona.

Highlights Fiona Ferro vs. Sara Errani Palermo Ladies Open – Palermo

Draw and next match H2H: Fiona Ferro vs. Camila Giorgi – stats

Ferro will square off with Giorgi in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Fiona Ferro and Camila Giorgi since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Palermo

• Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (4-6 7-6⁵ 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-1 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (7-6⁵ 7-6³) – Stats and score progression
• Fiona FerroFerro – Sara ErraniErrani (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Petra MarticMartic – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (1-0) – H2H details and stats
• Fiona FerroFerro – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (0-0) – H2H details and stats