Anastasia Potapova upsets Yulia Putintseva 2-6 6-2 6-2 in the semifinal in Istanbul on Saturday. Potapova will seek to keep on going in this event against Veronika Kudermetova in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. 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.
Anastasia added to her prize money $ 7,937 after winning this match. She has won already $ 18,037 after this win. If she wins the next match, Potapova will add $ 12,963 to her earnings to get in total $ 31,000 in total.
Highlights Anastasia Potapova vs. Yulia Putintseva TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship – Istanbul
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:57
At the end of the match, Anastasia scored 92 points vs. Putintseva’s 74.
Potapova
Anastasia won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 33% (6/18) of the procured opportunities.
Putintseva
On the other side, Yulia was remarkable in converting all her break points (4/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Potapova and Putintseva is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Anastasia Potapova vs. Veronika Kudermetova – stats
Potapova will fight against Kudermetova in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Anastasia Potapova and Veronika Kudermetova square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Kudermetova won 6-2 4-6 6-0 in the quarter in Melbourne back in January 2022.
The Russian was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 4 games in the last 2 sets after winning 85 points vs. Kudermetova’s 33 points.
Live score progression and stats
Potapova had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Yulia Putintseva in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for the Kazakhstani to win the set because the Russian succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) game. Yulia kept her cool to break Anastasia in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
They played 61 points. Putintseva was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the Russian (35-26). The Kazakhstani surrendered 17 points on serve (20-17). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).
The Russian in this set was much more effective than Putintseva and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking Yulia in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
They played 47 points. Potapova won 19 points more than Putintseva (33-14). Potapova was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Putintseva conceded 17 points on serve (10-17).
Anastasia was in much better shape than Putintseva and without too much struggle she won 6-2. The Kazakhstani broke Anastasia 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game. However, the Russian broke her opponent in the 7th (5-2) game, but that didn’t stop her to win the set (6-2).
Anastasia failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Anastasia won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to bring the game count from 1-1 to 5-1.
They contested 74 points. Potapova was the one to win the set after conquering 16 more points than Putintseva (45-29). Potapova surrendered 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the court, the Kazakhstani conceded 26 points on serve (18-26).
Tennis Scores in Istanbul
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (2-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
