Varvara Gracheva and Cristina Bucsa will square off in the 2nd round of the Open BLS de Limoges for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 pm on Centre. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Varvara Gracheva who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Varvara Gracheva is the pick to win this match.
Varvara Gracheva -> 1.41
Cristina Bucsa -> 3

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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Cristina Bucsa

This will be the 2nd time that Varvara Gracheva and Cristina Bucsa play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gracheva (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Gracheva won 2-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Perigueux back in 2018.

Varvara Gracheva

Ranked no. 79, Varvara reached the 2nd round after beating Tamara Korpatsch 6-3 7-5.

In the 1st round, Gracheva had a good straight sets win against Korpatsch (6-3 7-5). During the match, Gracheva scored 78 points vs Korpatsch’s 61. Varvara was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gracheva made 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 59% of her first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. Varvara broke Korpatsch 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Gracheva has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 63% of her matches (168-100). 7-8 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Gracheva has a compiled27-21 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Malo and Chicago.

The Russian has a compiled 25-30 win-loss record in 2021, 7-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Limoges

Varvara has never competed in this tournament before.

Limoges
Gracheva's Record

Cristina Bucsa

Ranked no. 161, Cristina reached the 2nd round after defeating Lucia Bronzetti 6-3 6-76 6-2.

In the 1st round, Bucsa defeated Bronzetti (6-3 6-76 6-2). During the match Bucsa scored 107 points vs Bronzetti’s 90. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Bucsa scored 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Cristina Bucsa lost the serve 6 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 71% of her first serves in, winning 57% (40/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Bronzetti 10 times after converting 71% of her break points (10/14).

Bucsa’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the W60 Montpellier.

Bucsa has an overall 31-26 win-loss record in 2021, 6-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Limoges
Bucsa's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

V.Gracheva
C.Bucsa
1h:38
1h:38
Time on court​
2h:25
2h:25
1h:38
1h:38
Last match​
!
2h:25
2h:25
1
1
Match played
1
1
21
21
Games Played​
30
30
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
78
78
Total points​
107
107
78
78
Avg point​
107
107
23
23
Winners
40
40
23
23
Avg Winners​
40
40
29%
29%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
3
3
3
3
Avg Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
4
4
Avg Double Faults
4
4
23/35
23/35
1st won total​
40/70
40/70
66%
66%
1st won %
57%
57%
13/24
13/24
2nd won total​
12/29
12/29
54%
54%
2nd won %
41%
41%
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
BP won
10/14
10/14
6/9
6/9
Avg BP won
10/14
10/14
!
67%
67%
Won
!
71%
71%
6
6
Conceded
14
14
6
6
Avg Conceded
14
14
3
3
Broken
6
6
3
3
Avg Broken
!
6
6
3
3
Saved
8
8
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gracheva Bucsa
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 21 30
Pts 78-61 107-90
Total Points 139 197
Winners 23 40
%Winners 29% 37%

Both Gracheva and Bucsa played 1 match. At the moment, Cristina Bucsa surrendered 1 set while Varvara Gracheva hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Gracheva has played 1 set(s) less than Bucsa (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gracheva played 9 games less than Bucsa. The Russian scored 23 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Cristina scored 40 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gracheva Bucsa
Aces 3 3
Avg per match 3 3
1st in 35/59 70/99
%1st in 59% 71%
1st pts 23/35 40/70
%1st pts 66% 57%
2nd pts 13/24 12/29
%2nd pts 54% 41%

Gracheva recorded 3 aces . Bucsa struck 3 aces . Gracheva won 66% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Bucsa won 57% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gracheva Bucsa
Won 6 10
Converted 6/9 10/14
% Converted 67% 71%
Conceded 6 14
Saved 3 8
% Saved 50% 57%
Times Broken 3 6

Varvara broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Gracheva lost her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Spaniard broke her opponent 10 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.

Gracheva
R1
Korpatsch		 Total
Score 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 78-61 78-61
Total points 139 139
Winners 23 23
%Winners 29% 29%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 35/59 35/59
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 23/35 23/35
% 1st pts 66% 66%
2nd pts 13/24 13/24
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/9 6/9
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 3/6 3
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 3 3
Bucsa
R1
Bronzetti		 Total
Score 6-3 6-76 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 30
pts 107-90 107-90
Total points 197 197
Winners 40 40
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 70/99 70/99
% 1st in 71% 71%
1st pts 40/70 40/70
% 1st pts 57% 57%
2nd pts 12/29 12/29
% 2nd pts 41% 41%
Breaks
Won 10 10
Converted 10/14 10/14
Converted % 71% 71%
Conceded 14 14
Saved 8/14 8
Saved % 57% 57%
Times Broken 6 6

Tennis Scores in Limoges

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