Kucova shocks Li in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Kucova upsets Li to play Simona Halep in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Kristina Kucova vs. Ann Li

Kristina Kucova upsets Ann Li 7-5 6-1 in the 1st round in New York on Monday. Kucova will face off with Simona Halep in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2016. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kucova
New York
Kucova's Record

The Slovakian added to her prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 115,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kristina will add $ 65,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

Highlights Kristina Kucova vs. Ann Li U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kucova
Li
Kristina Kucova
7-5 6-1
1h:19
Ann Li
63
63
Total points
41
41
25
25
Winners
14
14
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
34%
34%
12
12
Unforced
26
26
32%
32%
Ratio Unforced
68%
68%
2/4
2/4
Net Approaches
5/11
5/11
50%
50%
Perc
45%
45%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
4
4
3
3
Double Faults
8
8
74%
74%
1st in
54%
54%
68%
68%
1st won
48%
48%
25/37
25/37
1st won
14/29
14/29
54%
54%
2nd won
36%
36%
7/13
7/13
2nd won
9/25
9/25
164
164
Fastest serve
168
168
146
146
AVG 1st Serve
152
152
132
132
AVG 2nd Serve
132
132
-- Break Points --
6/8
6/8
Total
2/3
2/3
75%
75%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, the Slovakian scored 63 points vs. Li’s 41.

Kucova

Kucova was effective at converting 75% of the break points that she procured (6/8).

Li

On the other side, Ann was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Kucova and Li is 1-0 for Kristina.

Draw and next match H2H: Kristina Kucova vs. Simona Halep – stats

Kucova will face Halep in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Kristina Kucova and Simona Halep since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Kristina Kucova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Kucova conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Ann Li in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for the Slovakian to win the set because Li found the way to break back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Kristina kept her cool to break the American in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).

Li was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-5 to 7-5. Notwithstanding also Ann won 4 consecutive games from 1-3 to 5-3

The Slovakian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40), the 9th (3-5 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). In addition on the other side, the American converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40).

They contested 66 points. Kucova conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Li (35-31). The Slovakian conceded 13 points on serve (19-13). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).

Kristina won the set after she broke the American 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

Ann was completely knocked out in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-1 to 6-1.

Kristina converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40). On the other side, Kucova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 39 points. Kucova was the one to win the set after conquering 17 points more than the American (28-11). The Slovakian conceded 5 points on serve (13-5). In addition, on the other side, Ann conceded 15 points on serve (6-15).

 

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