Liudmila Samsonova thumps Bernarda Pera 6-1 6-2 in the semifinal in Cleveland on Friday after playing a tremendous match to square off with Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the final. The match lasted just 53 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ludmilla scored 56 points vs. Pera’s 23.
Samsonova
The Russian served extremely well to win 96% of the points (22/23) behind her first serve, and she won 77% points (10/13) on her second serve. Samsonova won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Pera
On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Samsonova and Pera is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Liudmila Samsonova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich – stats
Samsonova will fight against Sasnovich in the final.
There is no head to head record between Liudmila Samsonova and Aliaksandra Sasnovich since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Samsonova had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Bernarda Pera in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Samsonova reinforced her lead after breaking Bernarda in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Samsonova won 0 consecutive points in this set from 15-0 1-0 to .
A defining moment of this set was when the Russian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Russian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 4th game (3-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Samsonova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 35 points. Samsonova won 17 points more than the American (26-9). Ludmilla was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Pera conceded 10 points on serve (6-10).
Samsonova had a racing start in this set after breaking Bernarda Pera in the 1st game (1-0). Samsonova improved her lead after breaking the American in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).
The Russian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 44 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 16 points more than Bernarda (30-14). Samsonova was just too strong on serve to concede only 1 point during her serving games (16-1). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
Tennis Scores in Cleveland
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Alize CornetCornet (6-75 7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Bernarda PeraPera (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (0-0) – H2H details and stats