Konta tops Putintseva in the 1st round of the Mutua Madrid Open – MADRID RESULTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Konta gets the better of Putintseva to compete against Anastasija Sevastova in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Johanna Konta vs. Yulia Putintseva

Johanna Konta conquers Yulia Putintseva 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Madrid on Thursday. Konta will square off with Anastasija Sevastova in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 29 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.

Konta
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Konta's Record

The Brit 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, Konta will add € 14,048 to her earnings to get in total € 34,048 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Konta
Putintseva
Johanna Konta
6-4 6-2
1h:29
Yulia Putintseva
70
70
Total points
52
52
22
22
Winners
31
31
31%
31%
Ratio Winners
60%
60%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
55%
55%
1st in
74%
74%
76%
76%
1st won
61%
61%
22/29
22/29
1st won
31/51
31/51
63%
63%
2nd won
28%
28%
15/24
15/24
2nd won
5/18
5/18
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
Total
1/2
1/2
36%
36%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Konta scored 70 points vs. Putintseva’s 52.

Konta

The Brit served very well to win 76% of the points (22/29) behind her first serve, and she won 63% points (15/24) on her second serve. The Brit won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Putintseva

On the other side, the Kazakhstani was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Konta and Putintseva is 4-1 for Johanna.

Draw and next match H2H: Johanna Konta vs. Anastasija Sevastova – stats

Konta will square off with Sevastova in the 2nd round.

This will be the 5th time that Johanna Konta and Anastasija Sevastova play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Konta and Sevastova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Sevastova won 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Stuttgart back in 2017.

Johanna Konta Draw info

Live score progression and stats

The Brit won the set after she broke the Kazakhstani in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. The Kazakhstani tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Yet, the Brit managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 6-4.

Johanna converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Putintseva was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (3-4 30-40).

They contested 72 points. Johanna was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Kazakhstani (40-32). Konta conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). On the other side, Putintseva conceded 22 points on serve (23-22).

Konta in this set played at a much higher level than Yulia and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking Yulia in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Konta won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.

Johanna converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Yulia wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (2-5 40-A).

They contested 48 points. Konta won 10 points more than the Kazakhstani (29-19). Konta dropped 7 points on serve (19-7). on the other side of the court, the Kazakhstani conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).

 

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