Katerina Siniakova upsets Serena Williams 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Romagna Open on Tuesday. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes.
Katerina added to her prize money € 1,714 after winning this match. She has won already € 4,677 after this win. If she wins the next match, Siniakova will add € 3,468 to her earnings to get in total € 8,145 in total.
Highlights Katerina Siniakova vs. Serena Williams Emilia-Romagna Open – Parma
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 74 points vs. the American’s 56.
Siniakova
The Czech didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8).
Williams
On the other side, the American was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Siniakova and Williams is 1-0 for Katerina.
Live score progression and stats
Katerina won the set after she broke Williams in the 11th (6-5) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 12th (6-6) game. Yet, Katerina maintained the focus to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.
The Czech failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.
Tiebreak
Katerina won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Williams won a minibreak in the 6th (3-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Katerina converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the American converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40).
They played 88 points. Katerina was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Williams (46-42). The Czech dropped 13 points on serve (28-13). On the other side, the American conceded 18 points on serve (29-18).
was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Siniakova in the 1st
game (1-0). Nevertheless, the Czech was not done to come back to break Serena 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.Serena was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Katerina converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (3-2 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They played 41 points. Siniakova won 15 more points than Williams (28-13). Katerina conceded 6 points on serve (14-6). On the other side, Serena conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).
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