Ludmilla Samsonova gets the better of Stephens in the 3rd round of Wimbledon. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – WIMBLEDON RESULTS

WIMBLEDON - LONDON DRAW AND RESULTS. Samsonova prevails over Stephens to come up against Karolina Pliskova in the 4th round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Sloane Stephens

Liudmila Samsonova gets the better of Sloane Stephens 6-2 2-6 6-4 in the 3rd round in London on Friday. Samsonova will play against Karolina Pliskova in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 1 minute. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the qualifications in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Samsonova
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Samsonova's Record

Samsonova added to her prize money £ 66,000 after conquering this match. She has won already £ 181,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add £ 119,000 to her earnings to get in total £ 300,000 in total.

Highlights Liudmila Samsonova vs. Sloane Stephens Wimbledon – London

Samsonova’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Samsonova
Stephens
Liudmila Samsonova
6-2 2-6 6-4
2h:01
Sloane Stephens
90
90
Total points
85
85
25
25
Winners
41
41
28%
28%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
44
44
Unforced
17
17
72%
72%
Ratio Unforced
28%
28%
6/12
6/12
Net Approaches
2/5
2/5
50%
50%
Perc
40%
40%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
0
0
5
5
Double Faults
4
4
50%
50%
1st in
68%
68%
64%
64%
1st won
62%
62%
25/39
25/39
1st won
41/66
41/66
49%
49%
2nd won
32%
32%
19/39
19/39
2nd won
10/31
10/31
194
194
Fastest serve
177
177
179
179
AVG 1st Serve
154
154
156
156
AVG 2nd Serve
134
134
-- Break Points --
6/14
6/14
Total
5/7
5/7
43%
43%
Won
71%
71%
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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 90 points vs. the American’s 85.

Samsonova

Ludmilla won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.

Stephens

On the other side, Sloane was pretty focused in converting 71% of the break points that she conquered points (5/7). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Samsonova and Stephens is 2-0 for Ludmilla.

Draw and next match H2H: Liudmila Samsonova vs. Karolina Pliskova – stats

Samsonova will come up against Pliskova in the 4th round.

There is no head to head record between Liudmila Samsonova and Karolina Pliskova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Liudmila Samsonova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Samsonova conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Sloane Stephens in the 1st game (1-0). However, there was more work to do for Samsonova to win the set because Stephens managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Samsonova kept her cool to break the American in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Samsonova converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, Sloane was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 15-40).

They contested 53 points. The Russian won 9 points more than Stephens (31-22). Ludmilla dropped 9 points on serve (14-9). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).

2nd Set -
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Pliskova had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Sloane Stephens in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for Stephens to win the set as Ludmilla succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (1-4) and in the 7th (2-5) game. Sloane maintained her cool to break Samsonova in the 6th (5-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Sloane failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.

An important stage of this set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

The American converted 80% of her break points (4/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Russian converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (0-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (1-5 30-40).

They contested 61 points. Stephens conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Russian (34-27). The American lost 19 points on serve (18-19). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 16 points on serve (8-16).

3rd Set -
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Samsonova conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Sloane Stephens in the 1st game (1-0). That break resulted decisive for Ludmilla to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

They played 60 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Stephens (33-27). Ludmilla surrendered 8 points on serve (22-8). On the losing side, Stephens conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).

 

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