Ludmilla Samsonova upsets Azarenka in the semifinal – BERLIN RESULTS

BETTI OPEN - BERLIN DRAW AND RESULTS. Samsonova shocks Azarenka to fight against Belinda Bencic in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Victoria Azarenka

Liudmila Samsonova stuns Victoria Azarenka 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Berlin on Saturday. Samsonova will face Belinda Bencic in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 6 minutes.

Samsonova
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Samsonova's Record

Ludmilla added to her prize money € 15,011 after winning this match. She has won already € 41,141 after this win. If she wins the next match, Ludmilla will add € 14,159 to her earnings to get in total € 55,300 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Samsonova
Azarenka
Liudmila Samsonova
6-4 6-2
1h:06
Victoria Azarenka
59
59
Total points
43
43
28
28
Winners
24
24
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
56%
56%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
6
6
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
71%
71%
1st in
70%
70%
82%
82%
1st won
63%
63%
28/34
28/34
1st won
24/38
24/38
64%
64%
2nd won
50%
50%
9/14
9/14
2nd won
8/16
8/16
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
0/3
0/3
43%
43%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Ludmilla scored 59 points vs. the Belarussian’s 43.

Samsonova

Ludmilla served pretty well to win 82% of the points (28/34) behind her first serve, and she won 64% points (9/14) on her second serve. The Russian fired 11 aces and she committed 2 double faults. Ludmilla won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Azarenka

On the other side, Azarenka wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Liudmila Samsonova vs. Belinda Bencic – stats

Samsonova will come up against Bencic in the final.

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

Liudmila Samsonova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Samsonova was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Bencic in the 1st game (1-0). That was decisive for Ludmilla to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Samsonova converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Victoria was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 56 points. Ludmilla won 4 more points than Azarenka (30-26). Ludmilla lost 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the court, the Belarussian conceded 9 points on serve (20-9).

Samsonova had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Bencic in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Ludmilla managed to boost her lead after breaking the Belarussian in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

A defining moment of this set was when Samsonova won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

The Russian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 5th game (4-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Ludmilla didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 44 points. Samsonova was the one to win the set after conquering 16 more points than the Belarussian (30-14). Ludmilla conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Victoria conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).

 

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