LEXINGTON. Fantastic Putintseva exterminates Tomljanovic in the 1st round of the The Top Seed Open

THE TOP SEED OPEN - LEXINGTON DRAW AND RESULTS. Putintseva brushes past Tomljanovic to compete against Jil Teichmann in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Yulia Putintseva vs. Ajla Tomljanovic

Yulia Putintseva clobbers Ajla Tomljanovic 6-0 6-4 in the 1st round in Lexington on Tuesday after playing a remarkable match to come up against Jil Teichmann in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

This set was completely one-sided since Putintseva conceded no games to Ajla before winning the set 6-0.

The Kazakhstani 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 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 30-40). On the other side, Ajla was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (0-3 30-40) and the 6th game (0-5 30-40).

They played 42 points. The Kazakhstani won 12 more points than the Croatian (27-15). Yulia dropped 9 points on serve (15-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Tomljanovic conceded 12 points on serve (6-12).

Yulia won the set after she broke the Croatian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. The Croatian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Anyhow, the Kazakhstani kept the focus to conquer the set 6-4.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Yulia won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the score from 0-1 to 5-1.

Yulia converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40), the 7th (5-1 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Ajla was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (2-5 40-A).

They contested 70 points. The Kazakhstani was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Ajla (39-31). Yulia conceded 10 points on serve (19-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Croatian conceded 20 points on serve (21-20).

Putintseva will add to her prize money $ 850 after managing to win this match. She has won already $ 3,150 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Kazakhstani will add $ 1,850 to her earnings to earn $ 5,000 in total.

Match Statistics

Putintseva
Tomljanovic
Yulia Putintseva
6-0 6-4
Ajla Tomljanovic
66
66
Total points
47
47
28
28
Winners
23
23
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
5
5
3
3
Double Faults
6
6
74%
74%
1st in
60%
60%
72%
72%
1st won
64%
64%
28/39
28/39
1st won
23/36
23/36
43%
43%
2nd won
21%
21%
6/14
6/14
2nd won
5/24
5/24
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
1/3
1/3
50%
50%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Yulia scored 66 points vs. the Croatian’s 47.

Putintseva was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (5/10). On the other side, Tomljanovic had some problems converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Putintseva and Tomljanovic is 2-1 for Yulia.

Draw and next match H2H: Yulia Putintseva vs. Jil Teichmann – stats

Putintseva will come up against Teichmann in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Yulia Putintseva and Jil Teichmann since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

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