PRAGUE. Relentless Giorgi survives Kostyuk in the 1st round

PRAGUE OPEN - PRAGUE DRAW AND RESULTS. Giorgi outlasts Kostyuk to compete against Elise Mertens in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Camila Giorgi vs. Marta Kostyuk

Camila Giorgi survives Marta Kostyuk 4-6 6-2 7-64 in the 1st round in Prague on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Giorgi will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Elise Mertens in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

The Ukrainian won the set after she broke the Italian 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Giorgi tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Nevertheless, Marta didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-4.

The Ukrainian converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, Camila converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (1-3 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).

They played 70 points. The Ukrainian was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Giorgi (38-32). The Ukrainian dropped 17 points on serve (20-17). on the other side of the court, Giorgi conceded 18 points on serve (15-18).

Giorgi had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Kostyuk in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for the Italian to win the set as the Ukrainian managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. Camila kept her cool to break Marta in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

A defining moment of this set was when Giorgi won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Camila converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Kostyuk was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (1-4 15-40).

They contested 42 points. The Italian was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Marta (26-16). Camila dropped 8 points on serve (13-8). In addition, on the other side, the Ukrainian conceded 13 points on serve (8-13).

Kostyuk had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Giorgi in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, Camila managed to stage a good comeback to break Kostyuk in the 5th (2-3) game before winning the set at the breaker at 4.

Tiebreak

The Italian won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Kostyuk won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2) and 7th (3-4) point.

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

Giorgi was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (1-3 30-40). On the other side, the Ukrainian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A).

They contested 83 points. It’s worth to point out that, Camila won this set even if she scored less points 1 than the Ukrainian (41-42). Giorgi dropped 17 points on serve (29-17). Regarding the other side of the net, the Ukrainian conceded 12 points on serve (25-12).

The Italian will add to her prize money € 850 after winning this match. She has won already € 3,150 after this win. If she wins the next match, Giorgi will add € 1,850 to her earnings to earn € 5,000 in total.

Match Statistics

Giorgi
Kostyuk
Camila Giorgi
4-6 6-2 7-64
Marta Kostyuk
99
99
Total points
96
96
34
34
Winners
43
43
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
54%
54%
1st in
78%
78%
63%
63%
1st won
58%
58%
34/54
34/54
1st won
43/74
43/74
50%
50%
2nd won
48%
48%
23/46
23/46
2nd won
10/21
10/21
-- Break Points --
6/8
6/8
Total
5/10
5/10
75%
75%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Camila scored 99 points vs. the Ukrainian’s 96.

Camila didn’t lose the focus when converting 75% of the break points that she conquered (6/8). On the other side, Marta was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (5/10). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Giorgi and Kostyuk is 1-0 for Camila.

Draw and next match H2H: Camila Giorgi vs. Elise Mertens – stats

Giorgi will square off with Mertens in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Camila Giorgi and Elise Mertens square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Mertens won 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Osaka back in 2019.

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