Elina Svitolina prevails over Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-66 6-4 in the 3rd round in Rome on Friday. Svitolina will fight against Marketa Vondrousova in the quarter.
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The Ukrainian won the set after she broke Svetlana in the 4th (3-1) game. The Russian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Nevertheless, the Ukrainian didn’t lose the lead to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 6.
Tiebreak
Elina won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2), 10th (6-4) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Kuznetsova won 2 minibreaks in the 9th (4-5) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Elina converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Russian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 88 points. This set was so close that, The Ukrainian won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Svitolina surrendered 15 points on serve (27-15). On the losing side, Svetlana conceded 17 points on serve (29-17).
Svitolina conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Kuznetsova in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Ukrainian to win the set because Svetlana succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) game. Svitolina kept her focus to break the Russian in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
Svitolina converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Russian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 67 points. Svitolina was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Svetlana (37-30). Svitolina lost 11 points on serve (20-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).
Elina will add to her prize money € 18,555 after winning this match. She has won already € 37,910 after this win. If she wins the next match, Svitolina will add € 42,090 to her earnings to get in total € 80,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults and breaks
At the end of the match, the Ukrainian scored 81 points vs. the Russian’s 74.
The Ukrainian won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Svetlana had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Svitolina and Kuznetsova is 4-1 for Elina.
Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Marketa Vondrousova – stats
Svitolina will come up against Vondrousova in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Elina Svitolina and Marketa Vondrousova clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Svitolina won 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Indian Wells back in 2019.
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Simona HalepHalep – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-6 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Polona HercogHercog (1-6 6-1 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova (7-66 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Johanna KontaKonta (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Elena RybakinaRybakina (4-6 7-63 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Simona HalepHalep – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Elise MertensMertens – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
