Petra Martic beats Varvara Gracheva 6-3 6-3 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday. Martic will play Yulia Putintseva in the 4th round.
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Martic had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Gracheva in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for the Croatian to win the set because the Russian found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Croatian maintained her focus to break Gracheva in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Martic converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 0th (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 40-A).
They played 67 points. Martic conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Gracheva (37-30). Martic lost 13 points on serve (18-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 19 points on serve (17-19).
Gracheva took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Martic in the 1st game (1-0). However, the Croatian was not done to come back to break Varvara 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Petra won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.
Martic will add to her prize money $ 87,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 250,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Petra will add $ 175,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 425,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults and breaks
After this contest, the head to head between Martic and Gracheva is 2-0 for Petra.
Highlights Petra Martic vs. Varvara Gracheva U.S. Open – New York
Martic’s Interview
Draw and next match H2H: Petra Martic vs. Yulia Putintseva – stats
Martic will take on Putintseva in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Petra Martic and Yulia Putintseva since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
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