Liudmila Samsonova stuns Madison Keys 7-6(4) 2-6 7-6(0) in the quarter in Berlin on Friday. Samsonova is going to play against Victoria Azarenka in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 24 minutes.

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Samsonova's Record

Samsonova added to her prize money € 13,630 after winning this match. She has won already € 26,130 till now in this event. If she wins the next match, Samsonova will add € 15,011 to her earnings to get in total € 41,141.

Highlights Liudmila Samsonova vs. Madison Keys Betti Open – Berlin

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Samsonova
Keys
7-64 2-6 7-60
2h:24
108
108
Total points
116
116
55
55
Winners
57
57
51%
51%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
8
8
7
7
Double Faults
4
4
58%
58%
1st in
71%
71%
83%
83%
1st won
72%
72%
55/66
55/66
1st won
57/79
57/79
36%
36%
2nd won
56%
56%
17/47
17/47
2nd won
18/32
18/32
-- Break Points --
1/8
1/8
Total
3/11
3/11
13%
13%
Won
27%
27%
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Samsonova won this match even if she conquered less points than the American (108 vs. 116).

Samsonova

Ludmilla served pretty well to win 83% of the points (55/66) behind her first serve. However she won only 36% points (17/47) on her second serve. Ludmilla won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points after she converted only 13% (1/8) of the procured opportunities.

Keys

On the other side, the American was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Samsonova and Keys is 1-0 for Ludmilla.

Draw and next match H2H: Liudmila Samsonova vs. Victoria Azarenka – stats

Samsonova will face Azarenka in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Liudmila Samsonova and Victoria Azarenka since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Samsonova won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Ludmilla broke back in the 7th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-4.

Tiebreak

The Russian won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the American won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 6th (4-2) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

Ludmilla converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Keys was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (3-2 15-40).

They played 75 points. It’s worth to point out that, Samsonova won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Keys (37-38). Samsonova dropped 11 points on serve (25-11). on the other side of the net, Keys conceded 12 points on serve (27-12).

Azarenka commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Samsonova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Keys extended her lead after breaking Ludmilla in the 3rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2

).

Certainly, a key moment was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

Keys was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 30-40). On the other side, Madison didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 43 points. Keys conquered the set after winning 11 more points than the Russian (27-16). Keys surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. the Russian had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-0.

Samsonova wasted a good opportunity to break Keys in the 6th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Tiebreak

Ludmilla won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (6-0) and 7th (7-0) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0

They contested 106 points. Samsonova was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Keys (56-50). Samsonova lost 19 points on serve (36-19). On the losing side, Keys conceded 20 points on serve (31-20).

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