Gasparyan surprises Alexandrova in the quarter of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy. HIGHLIGHTS – ST. PETERSBURG RESULTS

ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY - ST. PETERSBURG DRAW AND RESULTS. Gasparyan surprises Alexandrova to come up against Vera Zvonareva in the semifinal

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Prediction and head to head Margarita Gasparyan vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova

Margarita Gasparyan stuns Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in St. Petersburg on Friday in what was an all-Russian match. Gasparyan will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Vera Zvonareva in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2016. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Gasparyan added to her prize money $ 16,900 after winning this match. She has won already $ 32,400 until now in this event. If she wins the next match, Margarita will add $ 18,600 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,000.

Highlights Margarita Gasparyan vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy – St. Petersburg

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

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At the end of the match, Margarita scored 63 points vs. Alexandrova’s 49.

Gasparyan

Gasparyan was sharp when converting 86% of the break points that she procured (6/7).

Alexandrova

On the other side, Alexandrova was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (3/6). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Gasparyan and Alexandrova is 1-0 for Margarita.

Draw and next match H2H: Margarita Gasparyan vs. Vera Zvonareva – stats

Gasparyan will take on Zvonareva in the semifinal.

This will be the 2nd time that Margarita Gasparyan and Vera Zvonareva fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zvonareva (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Zvonareva won 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in St. Petersburg back in 2020.

Margarita Gasparyan Draw info

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Gasparyan conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Zvonareva in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Margarita reinforced her lead after breaking Alexandrova in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.

Margarita converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Margarita didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 40 points. Margarita conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Alexandrova (24-16). Gasparyan dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). On the other side, Alexandrova conceded 8 points on serve (10-8).

Zvonareva had a strong start of this set after breaking Gasparyan in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Gasparyan found the way to come back to break Alexandrova 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2), in the 8th (5-3) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Margarita failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.

Gasparyan was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 15-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 8th (4-3 0-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Ekaterina converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (3-5 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).

They played 72 points. Gasparyan was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Ekaterina (39-33). Margarita conceded 20 points on serve (20-20). on the other side of the net, Alexandrova conceded 19 points on serve (13-19).

 

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