Olga Danilovic survives Simona Waltert 6-4 4-6 7-6(5) in the quarter in Lausanne on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Danilovic is going to play against Anastasia Potapova in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:42
Olga won this match even if she conquered less points than the Swiss (111 vs. 113).
Danilovic
Danilovic won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points after she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Waltert
On the other side, Simona was battling in converting her break points (only 33% – 4/12). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Danilovic and Waltert is 4-0 for Olga.
Draw and next match H2H: Olga Danilovic vs. Anastasia Potapova – stats
Danilovic will compete against Potapova in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Olga Danilovic and Anastasia Potapova face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Danilovic and Potapova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Potapova won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Tashkent back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Danilovic snatched in the 9th game (5-4) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
The Serbian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Swiss was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 62 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Serbian won just 2 points more than Simona (32-30). The Serbian conceded 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the net, the Swiss conceded 10 points on serve (21-10).
Danilovic enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Simona Waltert in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Waltert refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Olga in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Swiss was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Olga was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 67 points. Waltert conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the Serbian (36-31). Waltert conceded 11 points on serve (18-11). On the other side, Olga conceded 18 points on serve (20-18).
Danilovic started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Simona Waltert in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Danilovic to win the set as Waltert found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game. The Serbian maintained her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 5.
Nonetheless also the Swiss won 4 consecutive games from 0-1 to 4-1
Tiebreak
Danilovic won 5 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Simona won 4 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4), 10th (4-6) and 11th (5-6) point.
Olga won the tiebreak 7-5 after she conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
The Serbian converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (1-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, Simona converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 97 points. It’s worth to point out that, Danilovic won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Simona (48-49). Danilovic surrendered 21 points on serve (25-21). On the other side, Simona conceded 23 points on serve (28-23).
Tennis Scores in Lausanne
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Simona WaltertWaltert (6-4 4-6 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Belinda BencicBencic (6-3 7-62) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Petra MarticMartic (3-0) – H2H details and stats
