PRAGUE. Bouchard shocks Zidansek in the 2nd round of the Prague Open. HIGHLIGHTS

Eugenie Bouchard stuns Tamara Zidansek 7-6² 6-7² 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Prague on Thursday. Bouchard will play against Elise Mertens in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

The Canadian won the set after she broke the Slovenian in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Zidansek tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 12^th (6-6) game. Anyhow, Bouchard refused to give way to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 2.

Eugenie failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.

Tiebreak

Eugenie won 4 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 5^th (4-1), 8^th (6-2) and 9^th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Slovenian won a minibreak in the 6^th (2-4) point.

The Canadian won the tiebreak 7-2 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

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

Eugenie converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-1 40-A), the 5^th (2-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Slovenian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 6^th (2-3 30-40), the 8^th (4-3 40-A) and the 12^th game (5-6 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 103 points. Eugenie conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the Slovenian (54-49). Eugenie lost 18 points on serve (27-18). In addition, on the other side, Zidansek conceded 27 points on serve (31-27).

The Slovenian conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, Tamara broke back in the 7^th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 7-2.

Tiebreak

The Slovenian won 5 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 4^th (4-0), 5^th (5-0), 8^th (6-2) and 9^th (7-2) point. On the other side, Bouchard won 2 minibreaks in the 6^th (1-5) and 7^th (2-5) point.

The Slovenian won the tiebreak 7-2 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, 6-2, 7-2

Tamara was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7^th game (2-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, Eugenie was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4^th game (2-1 15-40).

They contested 71 points. The Slovenian was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Eugenie (38-33). Tamara conceded 11 points on serve (23-11). On the losing side, the Canadian conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).

Bouchard was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Zidansek in the 1^st game (1-0). Eugenie managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Zidansek in the 5^th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

Bouchard was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 15-40) and the 5^th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, the Slovenian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8^th game (2-5 30-40).

They contested 47 points. The Canadian was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than the Slovenian (29-18). Eugenie lost 7 points on serve (18-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Zidansek conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

Eugenie will add to her prize money € 1,850 after winning this match. She has won already € 5,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Bouchard will add € 3,035 to her earnings to earn € 8,035 in total.

Match Statistics

Bouchard

Zidansek

7-6² 6-7² 6-2

116

116

Total points

105

105

48

48

Winners

47

47

41%

41%

Ratio Winners

45%

45%

-- Serve --

6

6

Aces

0

0

4

4

Double Faults

1

1

64%

64%

1st in

68%

68%

71%

71%

1st won

60%

60%

48/68

48/68

1st won

47/78

47/78

49%

49%

2nd won

50%

50%

19/39

19/39

2nd won

18/36

18/36

-- Break Points --

5/9

5/9

Total

3/6

3/6

56%

56%

Won

50%

50%

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After this match, the head to head between Bouchard and Zidansek is 1-1.

Highlights Eugenie Bouchard vs. Tamara Zidansek Prague Open – Prague

Draw and next match H2H: Eugenie Bouchard vs. Elise Mertens – stats

Bouchard will play Mertens in the quarter.

This will be the 3^rd time that Eugenie Bouchard and Elise Mertens fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Mertens won 6-2 6-4 in the 1^st round in Montreal back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Prague

• Eugenie BouchardBouchard – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (7-6² 6-7² 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Petra MarticMartic (6-1 7-5) – Stats and score progression
• Elise MertensMertens – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Ana BogdanBogdan – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (w/o) – Stats and score progression

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