Anastasia Potapova shocks Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Istanbul on Friday after playing a remarkable match to fight against Yulia Putintseva in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Potapova added to her prize money $ 4,300 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 10,100 until now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Anastasia will add $ 7,937 to her earnings to get in total $ 18,037.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:18
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 58 points vs. the Spaniard’s 34.
Potapova
Anastasia was great in converting all the break points (5/5).
Sorribes Tormo
On the other side, the Spaniard was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Potapova and Sorribes Tormo is 1-0 for Anastasia.
Draw and next match H2H: Anastasia Potapova vs. Yulia Putintseva – stats
Potapova will take on Putintseva in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Anastasia Potapova and Yulia Putintseva clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Putintseva (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Putintseva won 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in Brisbane back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
Potapova had a strong start of this set after breaking Sara Sorribes Tormo in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for the Russian to win the set because the Spaniard found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. Anastasia maintained her focus to break Sara in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Anastasia was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, the Spaniard converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (1-4 0-40).
They played 52 points. Anastasia won 10 more points than Sara (31-21). Potapova conceded 12 points on serve (14-12). On the other side, Sorribes Tormo conceded 17 points on serve (9-17).
Potapova started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Sara Sorribes Tormo in the 1st game (1-0). Anastasia extended her lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
The Russian was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. Anastasia was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than the Spaniard (27-13). Potapova was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Sara conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).
Tennis Scores in Istanbul
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Julia GrabherGrabher (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (5-7 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Anna BondarBondar (7-69 7-63) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-1) – H2H details and stats
