Aliona Bolsova topples Oceane Dodin 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in the W100+H Dubai on Tuesday. Bolsova will have to play Polona Hercog in the 2nd round.
Live score progression and stats
Bolsova in this set was too strong for Oceane and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking Dodin in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Oceane was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Aliona converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Bolsova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. Bolsova won 10 points more than Dodin (30-20). The Spaniard dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, the French player conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
Dodin had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Bolsova in the 1st game (1-0). However, the Spaniard managed to stage a good comeback to break Dodin 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
One of the most important stints of the set was when Bolsova won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.
Bolsova converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Oceane converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 69 points. Aliona was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the French player (37-32). The Spaniard lost 19 points on serve (23-19). on the other side of the court, the French player conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 67 points vs. the French player’s 52.
Aliona was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (5/10). On the other side, Dodin wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Bolsova and Dodin is 2-0 for Aliona.
Draw and next match H2H: Aliona Bolsova vs. Polona Hercog – stats
Bolsova will compete against Hercog in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Aliona Bolsova and Polona Hercog since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in W100+H Dubai
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- Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Dalma GalfiGalfi (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Arantxa RusRus – Xiyu WangWang (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Aliona BolsovaBolsova – Polona HercogHercog (0-0) – H2H details and stats