Jil Teichmann breezes past Yulia Putintseva 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Lexington on Thursday after playing a terrific match to deal with Catherine Cartan Bellis in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
Teichmann didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Putintseva in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Jil Belen to win the set since Putintseva managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Jil Belen kept her cool to break the Kazakhstani in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Kazakhstani was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Jil Belen converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (3-2 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Putintseva converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 49 points. Teichmann was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Yulia (30-19). Teichmann surrendered 10 points on serve (16-10). On the losing side, Yulia conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
The Swiss stepped up in great fashion to overplay the Kazakhstani and consequently she won 6-2. The Kazakhstani broke Jil Belen in the 3rd (2-1) game. However, Teichmann broke her opponent in the 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (2-6) game, but that didn’t stop her to win the set (6-2).
Putintseva was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Jil Belen converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Putintseva converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 61 points. Teichmann conquered the set after winning 11 more points than the Kazakhstani (36-25). Jil Belen dropped 11 points on serve (16-11). In addition, on the other side, Yulia conceded 20 points on serve (14-20).
Jil Belen 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, Teichmann will add $ 3,700 to her earnings to earn $ 8,700 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, the Swiss scored 66 points vs. Yulia’s 44.
The Swiss was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (6/10). On the other side, Putintseva had a tough time converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Teichmann and Putintseva is 1-0 for Jil Belen.
Highlights Jil Teichmann vs. Yulia Putintseva The Top Seed Open – Lexington
Draw and next match H2H: Jil Teichmann vs. Catherine Cartan Bellis – stats
Teichmann will come up against Cartan Bellis in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Jil Teichmann and Catherine Cartan Bellis since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
The last time that they played each other, Cartan Bellis won 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in French Open (juniors) back in 2015.
Tennis Scores in Lexington
- Shelby RogersRogers – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Venus WilliamsWilliams (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Olga GovortsovaGovortsova (3-6 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (7-64 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Shelby RogersRogers (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – H2H details and stats
