Linda Noskova surprises Alize Cornet 7-5 1-6 7-6(7) in the 2nd round in Prague on Thursday. Noskova will play Nao Hibino in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Linda Noskova vs. Alize Cornet Livesport Prague Open – Prague
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Noskova won this contest even if she won less points than the French player (99 vs. 110).
Noskova
The Czech won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points after she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Cornet
On the other side, the French player was effective when converting 56% of the break points that she conquered points (5/9). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Noskova and Cornet is 1-0 for Linda.
Draw and next match H2H: Linda Noskova vs. Nao Hibino – stats
Noskova will square off with Hibino in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Linda Noskova and Nao Hibino since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Noskova had a racing start in this set after breaking Alize Cornet in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more to do for Noskova to win the set because the French player found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 10th (5-5) game. The Czech maintained her focus to break Cornet in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Noskova was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). On the other side, Alize converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 77 points. Linda was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Alize (41-36). The Czech conceded 14 points on serve (21-14). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 20 points on serve (22-20).
Noskova had a favorable start in this set after breaking Alize Cornet in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Alize managed to boost her lead after breaking the Czech in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
The French player was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Cornet didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. Alize conquered the set after winning 15 points more than Linda (27-12). Cornet was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Linda conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).
Linda clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Linda broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 9-7.
Tiebreak
Noskova won 5 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Alize won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 9th (3-6) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Linda converted 11% of her break points (1/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the French player converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They played 93 points. It’s worth to point out that, Noskova won this set even if she scored less points 1 than the French player (46-47). The Czech conceded 14 points on serve (28-14). On the losing side, Alize conceded 18 points on serve (33-18).
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