Serena Williams topples Bernarda Pera 4-6 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Lexington on Tuesday in what was an all-American affair. Williams will engage against Venus Williams in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Bernarda grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) just before ultimately managing to win the set (6-4).
Pera was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (2-2 0-40). On the other side, Serena was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 6th (2-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 70 points. Pera was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Serena (37-33). Bernarda surrendered 17 points on serve (28-17). on the other side of the court, Serena conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
Williams won the set after she broke Bernarda in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Pera tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Nonetheless, Williams maintained the focus to win the set 6-4.
Williams converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Bernarda converted 10% of her break points (1/10). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (1-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 78 points. This set was so close that, Serena won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Serena lost 20 points on serve (25-20). On the other side, Bernarda conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
Williams won the set after she broke Pera in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
Bernarda lost the 6th game (5-1) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0. Pera was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Williams converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Bernarda was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 47 points. Serena was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Bernarda (30-17). Williams lost 7 points on serve (18-7). On the other side, Pera conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
Williams will add to her prize money $ 850 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 3,150 after this win. If she wins the next match, Williams will add $ 1,850 to her earnings to earn $ 5,000 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Serena scored 102 points vs. Bernarda’s 93.
Serena served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (43/55) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 40% points (16/40) on her second serve. Williams won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Pera was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 15% – 2/13). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Williams and Pera is 1-0 for Serena.
Highlights Serena Williams vs. Bernarda Pera The Top Seed Open – Lexington
Draw and next match H2H: Serena Williams vs. Venus Williams – stats
Williams will come up against Williams in the 2nd round.
This will be the 31st time that Serena Williams and Venus Williams fight against each other. The head to head is 18-12 for Williams (see full H2H stats), 11-9 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Williams won w/o in the 2nd round in Rome back in 2019.
Tennis Scores in Lexington
- Olga GovortsovaGovortsova – Bethanie Mattek-SandsMattek-Sands (7-64 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Bernarda PeraPera (4-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-0 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Kristie AhnAhn (2-6 6-4 3-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Venus WilliamsWilliams – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis – Francesca Di LorenzoDi Lorenzo (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Shelby RogersRogers – Misaki DoiDoi (6-4 4-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Caroline DolehideDolehide (7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Lauren DavisDavis (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Heather WatsonWatson (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Johanna KontaKonta (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (6-1 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Madison BrengleBrengle (6-1 6-75 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Sloane StephensStephens (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Venus WilliamsWilliams (18-12) – H2H details and stats
- Shelby RogersRogers – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Magda LinetteLinette – Jennifer BradyBrady (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Olga GovortsovaGovortsova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
