Emotional Svitolina soars past Potapova in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – MONTERREY RESULTS

ABIERTO GNP SEGUROS - MONTERREY DRAW AND RESULTS. Svitolina powers past Potapova to face Viktoriya Tomova in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Elina Svitolina Emotional In Monterrey

Elina Svitolina trashes Anastasia Potapova 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Monterrey on Tuesday after playing a good match to square off with Viktoriya Tomova in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes. Svitolina won this tournament once in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

Elina was particularly emotional during and after the match to struggle to hold tears. The Ukrainian looked absolutely distraught for the horrible invasion perpetrated by the Russian army in her country.

Elina commented:

“Today it was a very special match for me. I’m in a very sad mood, but I’m happy that I´m playing tennis here.

I was focused. I was on a mission for my country. From the beginning, it was important to be ready for anything that comes my way.”

Elina will donate all her prize money to the Ukrainian army.

Svitolina
Monterrey
Svitolina's Record

Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Anastasia Potapova Abierto GNP Seguros – Monterrey

Svitolina’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Svitolina
Potapova
Elina Svitolina
6-2 6-1
1h:04
Anastasia Potapova
60
60
Total points
41
41
25
25
Winners
17
17
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
68%
68%
1st in
49%
49%
74%
74%
1st won
68%
68%
25/34
25/34
1st won
17/25
17/25
56%
56%
2nd won
31%
31%
9/16
9/16
2nd won
8/26
8/26
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
Total
0/3
0/3
71%
71%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Elina scored 60 points vs. Anastasia’s 41.

Svitolina

Elina was pretty focused in converting 71% of the break points that she procured (5/7).

Potapova

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

After this match, the head to head between Svitolina and Potapova is 1-0 for Elina.

Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Viktoriya Tomova – stats

Svitolina will take on Tomova in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Elina Svitolina and Viktoriya Tomova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Svitolina won 7-65 6-3 in the Rubber 2 in Fed Cup, Group I, Europe/Africa, Event A back in 2020.

Elina Svitolina Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Svitolina commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Anastasia Potapova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Elina to win the set because Anastasia managed to break back in the 7th (2-5) game. Svitolina kept her cool to break the Russian in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

A defining moment of this set was when Elina won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Svitolina converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 40-A). In addition on the other side, Anastasia converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 6th (2-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

They played 53 points. Elina conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Anastasia (33-20). Elina conceded 11 points on serve (21-11). In addition, on the other side, Anastasia conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).

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

Anastasia had no answers in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 0-1 to 6-1.

The Ukrainian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Elina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 42 points. The Ukrainian was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Anastasia (26-16). Elina conceded 5 points on serve (13-5). on the other side of the court, Anastasia conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).

 

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