Nadia Podoroska upsets Elina Svitolina 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Paris on Tuesday. Podoroska will square off with Iga Swiatek in the semifinal.
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Svitolina started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Podoroska in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Podoroska managed to stage a great comeback to break Svitolina 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Argentine failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Podoroska won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Nadia was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 30-40), the 6th (4-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, Svitolina converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They played 55 points. The Argentine won 11 more points than Svitolina (33-22). Nadia lost 16 points on serve (16-16). On the losing side, the Ukrainian conceded 17 points on serve (6-17).
The Argentine won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game, The Argentine broke back 4 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th () game to conquer the set 6-4.
Podoroska converted 44% of her break points (4/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 5th (2-3 30-40), the 8th (3-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Ukrainian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd
(1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).They played 60 points. Podoroska was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Svitolina (33-27). Nadia surrendered 13 points on serve (14-13). On the losing side, Svitolina conceded 19 points on serve (14-19).
The Argentine will add to her prize money € 141,750 after winning this match. She has won already € 425,250 as of now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, the Argentine will add € 374,750 to her earnings to get in total € 800,000.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Podoroska scored 66 points vs. Svitolina’s 49.
Podoroska was pretty focused in converting 62% of the break points that she conquered (8/13). On the other side, the Ukrainian was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (5/10). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Podoroska and Svitolina is 1-0 for Nadia.
Highlights Nadia Podoroska vs. Elina Svitolina French Open – Paris
Podoroska’s Interview
Draw and next match H2H: Nadia Podoroska vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Podoroska will face Swiatek in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Nadia Podoroska and Iga Swiatek since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
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