Kerkhove prevails over Burrage in the 1st round of the the W100+H Dubai – W100+H DUBAI RESULTS

Lesley Kerkhove aces Jodie Anna Burrage 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in the W100+H Dubai on Tuesday. Kerkhove will seek to keep on going in this event against Danka Kovinic in the 2^nd round.

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Burrage had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Kerkhove in the 2^nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Lesley found the way to come back to break Burrage in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Kerkhove converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (0-2 40-A) and the 9^th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Burrage was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2^nd game (1-0 40-A).

They played 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Lesley won just 3 points more than Burrage (35-32). Kerkhove surrendered 12 points on serve (19-12). On the other side, Burrage conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).

Kerkhove had a favorable start in this set after breaking Burrage in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for the Dutch to win the set since the Brit managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Lesley maintained her focus to break the Brit in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

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

Lesley converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 40-A), the 5^th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7^th game (4-2 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Burrage converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 2^nd game (0-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 55 points. The Dutch was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Burrage (31-24). Lesley lost 11 points on serve (16-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Brit conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).

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At the end of the match, the Dutch scored 66 points vs. Burrage’s 56.

The Dutch served extremely well to win 81% of the points (30/37) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 24% points (5/21) on her second serve. Kerkhove was pretty good at converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9). On the other side, the Brit was effective at converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (2/3). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Kerkhove and Burrage is 2-0 for Lesley.

Draw and next match H2H: Lesley Kerkhove vs. Danka Kovinic – stats

Kerkhove will face Kovinic in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Lesley Kerkhove and Danka Kovinic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kovinic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Tennis Scores in W100+H Dubai

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• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (5-7 6-2 7-5) – 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
• 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
• Dalma GalfiGalfi – Mika Dagan FruchtmanDagan Fruchtman (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-2 6-7⁶ 6-1) – 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
• Danka KovinicKovinic – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-1 6-3) – 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
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-4 7-5) – 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