Hercog gets the better of Kuzmova in the 1st round of the the W100+H Dubai – W100+H DUBAI RESULTS

Polona Hercog overcomes Viktoria Kuzmova 7-5 6-3 in the 1^st round in the W100+H Dubai on Tuesday. Hercog is going to play against Aliona Bolsova in the 2^nd round.

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Polona won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 7^th (3-4) game, Polona broke back 3 times in the 6^th (3-3), in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 12^th () game to conquer the set 7-5.

The Slovenian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 30-40), the 6^th (2-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 7^th (3-4 30-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Slovakian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5^th (2-2 30-40) and the 7^th game (3-3 15-40).

They played 74 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Slovenian won just 2 more points than Viktoria (38-36). The Slovenian surrendered 17 points on serve (22-17). On the losing side, the Slovakian conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).

Hercog won the set after she broke Viktoria in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game. Kuzmova tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (4-3) game. Nevertheless, Hercog didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-3.

The Slovenian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 30-40), the 6^th (3-2 0-40) and the 8^th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Viktoria was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7^th game (2-4 30-40).

They played 53 points. The Slovenian won 11 points more than Viktoria (32-21). The Slovenian lost 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the net, the Slovakian conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).

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At the end of the match, the Slovenian scored 70 points vs. the Slovakian’s 57.

Hercog didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10). On the other side, Viktoria was struggling when converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Hercog and Kuzmova is 1-0 for Polona.

Draw and next match H2H: Polona Hercog vs. Aliona Bolsova – stats

Hercog will take on Bolsova in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Polona Hercog and Aliona Bolsova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in W100+H Dubai

• Aliona BolsovaBolsova – Oceane DodinDodin (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Lesley KerkhoveKerkhove – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
• Heather WatsonWatson – Aleksandra KrunicKrunic (6-0 7-6³) – Stats and score progression
• Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Amina AnshbaAnshba (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Ekaterine GorgodzeGorgodze (4-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-2 6-7⁶ 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Xiyu WangWang – Timea BabosBabos (6-3 2-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Polona HercogHercog – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (5-7 6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
• Danka KovinicKovinic – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Dalma GalfiGalfi – Mika Dagan FruchtmanDagan Fruchtman (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Ankita RainaRaina (1-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Arantxa RusRus – Ana KonjuhKonjuh (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Lesley KerkhoveKerkhove – Danka KovinicKovinic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Heather WatsonWatson – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (1-3) – H2H details and stats
• 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