Sara Sorribes Tormo surprises Barbora Strycova 7-63 6-1 in the 1st round in Prague on Tuesday. Sorribes Tormo will face Laura Siegemund or Mayar Sherif in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

Strycova was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Sorribes Tormo in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Yet, Sorribes Tormo managed to stage a great comeback to break Strycova 3 times in the 7th (2-5), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 3.

Sorribes Tormo failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.

There was an important spell in this set when Sara won 6 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-5 to 6-5. However also the Czech won 5 consecutive games from 0-0 to 5-0

Tiebreak

The Spaniard won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Barbora won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (1-5) and 7th (2-5) point.

Sorribes Tormo won the tiebreak 7-3 after she conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-c

Sara converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (0-4 30-40), the 7th (1-5 0-40 and 15-40), the 9th (3-5 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, Strycova converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 40-A), the 10th (5-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 97 points. The Spaniard conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the Czech (52-45). Sara lost 26 points on serve (27-26). on the other side of the net, Strycova conceded 25 points on serve (19-25).

Sorribes Tormo won the set after she broke Strycova in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.

The Czech was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.

The Spaniard converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Sara didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 42 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than the Czech (28-14). Sara was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, the Czech conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).

The Spaniard 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, Sara will add € 1,850 to her earnings to earn € 5,000 in total.

Match Statistics

Tormo
Strycova
7-63 6-1
80
80
Total points
59
59
40
40
Winners
21
21
50%
50%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
5
5
Double Faults
1
1
78%
78%
1st in
65%
65%
69%
69%
1st won
50%
50%
40/58
40/58
1st won
21/42
21/42
25%
25%
2nd won
35%
35%
4/16
4/16
2nd won
8/23
8/23
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
3/8
3/8
50%
50%
Won
38%
38%
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At the end of the match, Sara scored 80 points vs. Strycova’s 59.

Sorribes Tormo was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10

). On the other side, Strycova wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Sorribes Tormo and Strycova is 1-0 for Sara.

Highlights Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Barbora Strycova Prague Open – Prague

Draw and next match H2H: Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Laura Siegemund or Mayar Sherif – stats

Sorribes Tormo will come up against either Laura Siegemund or Mayar Sherif in the 2nd round. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Laura Siegemund and 0-0 vs. Mayar Sherif.

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