Veronika Kudermetova topples Anastasia Potapova 6-2 4-6 6-0 in the quarter in Melbourne on Friday in what was an all-Russian affair. Kudermetova is going to play against Naomi Osaka in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:51
At the end of the match, Kudermetova scored 93 points vs. Potapova’s 74.
Kudermetova
Veronika was pretty good at converting 54% of the break points that she conquered (7/13).
Potapova
On the other side, Anastasia was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 19% – 3/16). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kudermetova and Potapova is 1-0 for Veronika.
Draw and next match H2H: Veronika Kudermetova vs. Naomi Osaka – stats
Kudermetova will face Osaka in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Veronika Kudermetova and Naomi Osaka since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Kudermetova had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Anastasia Potapova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Veronika to win the set since Potapova managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Veronika kept her cool to break Anastasia in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
Kudermetova converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-1 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Potapova converted 11% of her break points (1/9). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (0-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 55 points. Kudermetova was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Potapova (33-22). Kudermetova lost 14 points on serve (19-14). In addition, on the other side, Potapova conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).
Potapova clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Anastasia broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.
Anastasia was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Veronika was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 75 points. Potapova was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Kudermetova (42-33). Potapova surrendered 8 points on serve (19-8). on the other side of the court, Kudermetova conceded 23 points on serve (25-23).
Anastasia didn’t manage to offer a meaningful resistance and Kudermetova won the set 6-0.
Kudermetova converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Kudermetova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 37 points. Veronika conquered the set after winning 17 points more than Potapova (27-10). Veronika was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). on the other side of the court, Anastasia conceded 15 points on serve (7-15).
Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Ana KonjuhKonjuh (7-61 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-2 4-6 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (6-2 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (6-1 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Simona HalepHalep (0-0) – H2H details and stats
