Sloane Stephens soars past Danka Kovinic 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Madrid on Thursday after playing a marvellous match to face off with Ons Jabeur in the 2nd round. Her best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
The American added to her prize money € 7,345 after winning this match. She has won already € 20,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add € 14,048 to her earnings to get in total € 34,048 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Stephens and Kovinic is 2-0 for Sloane.
Draw and next match H2H: Sloane Stephens vs. Ons Jabeur – stats
Stephens will face Jabeur in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Sloane Stephens and Ons Jabeur clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Stephens and Jabeur (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Stephens won 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Miami back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Stephens had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Jabeur in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the American to win the set since Danka succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Stephens kept her cool to break Danka in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
Sloane converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, Danka converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 3rd game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Stephens won just 3 more points than the (38-35). The American surrendered 13 points on serve (19-13). On the other side, Kovinic conceded 19 points on serve (22-19).
Sloane won the set after she broke the 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
The was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Sloane converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 0th (-1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 2nd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Stephens didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. Sloane won 13 more points than Kovinic (30-17). The American surrendered 5 points on serve (14-5). On the other side, Kovinic conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).
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