Kristina Mladenovic upsets Anna Bondar 1-6 7-5 7-6(8) in the 1st round in Warsaw on Wednesday. Mladenovic will have to play Viktorija Golubic in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 55 minutes.
Highlights Kristina Mladenovic vs. Anna Bondar BNP Paribas Poland Open – Warsaw
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:55
Kristina won this contest even if she scored less points than the Hungarian (101 vs. 111).
Mladenovic
Mladenovic was fantastic in converting all the break points (5/5).
Bondar
On the other side, Bondar had a tough time converting her break points (only 37% – 7/19). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Mladenovic and Bondar is 1-0 for Kristina.
Draw and next match H2H: Kristina Mladenovic vs. Viktorija Golubic – stats
Mladenovic will fight against Golubic in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Kristina Mladenovic and Viktorija Golubic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Mladenovic had a favorable start in this set after breaking Anna Bondar in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Anna to win the set as Mladenovic managed to break back in the 6th (1-5) game. Bondar maintained her focus to break Kristina in the 7th (6-1) game.
Anna failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 0.
A crucial moment of this set was when the Hungarian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Anna was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40), the 5th (4-0 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Kristina was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (0-5 0-40).
They played 38 points. Bondar was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Mladenovic (25-13). Bondar surrendered 6 points on serve (8-6). on the other side of the court, Mladenovic conceded 17 points on serve (7-17).
Mladenovic conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Anna Bondar in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Mladenovic to win the set since Anna succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Kristina maintained her cool to break Anna in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Mladenovic was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Bondar converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 76 points. Mladenovic won 4 more points than Bondar (40-36). The French player lost 19 points on serve (24-19). On the losing side, Bondar conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).
Kristina won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Mladenovic broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 10-8.
Tiebreak
Kristina won 6 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1), 12th (6-6), 16th (8-8), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Anna won 4 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4), 11th (6-5) and 15th (8-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
They played 99 points. It’s worth to point out that, Mladenovic won this set even if she scored less points 3 than the Hungarian (48-51). The French player dropped 25 points on serve (33-25). In addition, on the other side, Bondar conceded 15 points on serve (26-15).
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