Vera Zvonareva surprises Danka Kovinic 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in New York on Thursday after playing a extraordinary match to come up against Astra Sharma in the next round.

Score, report, and key facts

Zvonareva was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Kovinic in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Zvonareva to win the set because the managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Zvonareva kept her cool to break the in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Certainly, a key moment was when Zvonareva won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.

Zvonareva converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). In addition on the other side, Kovinic converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 51 points. The Russian won 11 more points than the (31-20). Zvonareva conceded 10 points on serve (16-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).

Vera in this set played at a much higher level than Danka and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Kovinic in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

A defining moment of this set was when the Russian won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-1 to 5-1.

Zvonareva converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A). On the other side, Danka was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (1-2 30-40).

They contested 54 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 10 more points than the (32-22). The Russian lost 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the net, the conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).

Match Statistics

Zvonareva
Kovinic
6-2 6-2
63
63
Total points
42
42
23
23
Winners
15
15
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
0
0
7
7
Double Faults
3
3
55%
55%
1st in
59%
59%
82%
82%
1st won
47%
47%
23/28
23/28
1st won
15/32
15/32
48%
48%
2nd won
45%
45%
11/23
11/23
2nd won
10/22
10/22
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
Total
1/8
1/8
63%
63%
Won
13%
13%
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At the end of the match, Zvonareva scored 63 points vs. Danka’s 42.

The Russian served extremely well to win 82% of the points (23/28) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 48% points (11/23) on her second serve. Zvonareva was well focused in converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8). On the other side, Kovinic had a tough time converting her break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Zvonareva and Kovinic is 1-0 for Vera.

Draw and next match H2H: Vera Zvonareva vs. Astra Sharma – stats

Zvonareva will take on Sharma in the next round.

This will be the 2nd time that Vera Zvonareva and Astra Sharma square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sharma (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Sharma won 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in Melbourne back in 2019.

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