Errani surprises Doi in the 2nd round – W80 TYLER RESULTS

Sara Errani surprises Misaki Doi 2-6 6-3 6-1 in the 2^nd round in the W80 Tyler on Friday. Errani will have to play Marta Kostyuk in the quarter.

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Errani had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Doi in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Misaki refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Italian 4 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (2-2), in the 6^th (4-2) gamein the 8^th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Sara was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Misaki converted 36% of her break points (4/11). She had 11 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (0-1 0-40), the 4^th (1-2 15-40), the 6^th (3-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Errani converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40) and the 3^rd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 60 points. The Japanese was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than Sara (37-23). Misaki surrendered 12 points on serve (14-12). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 23 points on serve (11-23).

Errani had a strong start of this set after breaking Doi in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Errani to win the set as the Japanese succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 6^th (2-4) and in the 8^th (3-5) game. Sara kept her focus to break the Japanese in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (4-1), in the 7^th (5-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

The Italian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.

Sara converted 62% of her break points (5/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 0^th (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 3^rd (1-1 15-40), the 5^th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 7^th (4-2 30-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Doi converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 2^nd (0-1 15-40), the 4^th (1-2 40-A), the 5^th (1-4 15-40) and the 8^th game (2-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 58 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Misaki (32-26). Sara surrendered 16 points on serve (10-16). In addition, on the other side, Doi conceded 22 points on serve (10-22).

Errani started the set in the best possible way after breaking Doi in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0

. However, that was not enough for Errani to win the set since Doi managed to break back in the 5^th (1-4) game. Errani kept her cool to break the Japanese in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Sara won 4 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

The Italian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 30-40), the 4^th (3-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 6^th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Doi was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4^th game (0-4 0-40).

They contested 53 points. Sara was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Misaki (31-22). Errani surrendered 12 points on serve (15-12). on the other side of the court, the Japanese conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, the Italian scored 85 points vs. the Japanese’s 84.

The Italian was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she procured (10/15). On the other side, the Japanese was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (8/16). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Errani and Doi is 1-0 for Sara.

Draw and next match H2H: Sara Errani vs. Marta Kostyuk – stats

Errani will come up against Kostyuk in the quarter.

This will be the 2^nd time that Sara Errani and Marta Kostyuk face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kostyuk (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Kostyuk won 6-2 6-4 in the 2^nd round in W60+H Valencia back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in W80 Tyler

• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Veronica Cepede RoygCepede Royg (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
• Aliona BolsovaBolsova – Caroline DolehideDolehide (7-6² 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Sara ErraniErrani – Misaki DoiDoi (2-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Clara TausonTauson – Shelby RogersRogers (5-7 7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis – Jamie LoebLoeb (3-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Ann LiLi – Paula KaniaKania (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Greetje MinnenMinnen – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
• Katarzyna KawaKawa – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (6-3 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Clara TausonTauson – Ann LiLi (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Greetje MinnenMinnen – Katarzyna KawaKawa (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis – Aliona BolsovaBolsova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Sara ErraniErrani (0-0) – H2H details and stats