Astra Sharma stuns Taylor Townsend 6-2 6-0 in the qualifications in New York on Thursday after playing a tremendous match to deal with Vera Zvonareva in the next round.
Score, report, and key facts
Sharma in this set was much more effective than Townsend and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Taylor in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Australian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Sharma was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 4th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, Sharma didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 44 points. Sharma conquered the set after winning 14 more points than Taylor (29-15). The Australian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (17-4). On the other side, Taylor conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
Townsend had no answers anymore and Astra won the set 6-0.
Sharma converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 2nd (2-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40). On the other side, Astra didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 32 points. The Australian was the winner of the set after clinching 16 points more than Townsend (24-8). Sharma was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 12 points on serve (4-12).
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Astra scored 53 points vs. the American’s 23.
Astra served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (19/25) behind her first serve, and she won 83% points (10/12) on her second serve. The Australian was pretty focused in converting 83% of the break points that she conquered (5/6). On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, The Australian was just to good and the American had no opportunity to win this match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Sharma and Townsend is 1-2 for Taylor.
Draw and next match H2H: Astra Sharma vs. Vera Zvonareva – stats
Sharma will take on Zvonareva in the next round.
This will be the 2nd time that Astra Sharma and Vera Zvonareva square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sharma (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sharma won 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in Melbourne back in 2019.
Tennis Scores in New York
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- Jessica PegulaPegula – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (7-5 7-68) – Stats and score progression
- Arantxa RusRus – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (7-5 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Christina MchaleMchale – Usue Maitane ArconadaMaitane Arconada (6-2 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Astra SharmaSharma – Taylor TownsendTownsend (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (6-0 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Robin MontgomeryMontgomery (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Lauren DavisDavis (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Nao HibinoHibino (6-73 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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- Shelby RogersRogers – Margarita GasparyanGasparyan (6-3 7-63) – Stats and score progression
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- Ann LiLi – Zarina DiyasDiyas (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Monica PuigPuig (4-6 7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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Upcoming matches
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Shelby RogersRogers (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Kristie AhnAhn (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ann LiLi – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Caroline DolehideDolehide (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Christina MchaleMchale (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Arantxa RusRus – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Astra SharmaSharma – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Oceane DodinDodin – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Katie VolynetsVolynets (0-0) – H2H details and stats
