Tomljanovic conquers Samsonova in the 4th round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Tomljanovic gets the better of Samsonova to fight against Ons Jabeur in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Liudmila Samsonova

Ajla Tomljanovic conquers Liudmila Samsonova 7-6(8) 6-1 in the 4th round in New York on Sunday. Tomljanovic will square off with Ons Jabeur in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Tomljanovic
New York
Tomljanovic's Record

The Australian added to her prize money $ 167,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 445,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Tomljanovic will add $ 260,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 705,000 in total.

Highlights Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Liudmila Samsonova U.S. Open – New York

Tomljanovic’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tomljanovic
Samsonova
Ajla Tomljanovic
7-68 6-1
1h:57
Liudmila Samsonova
87
87
Total points
70
70
31
31
Winners
25
25
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
27
27
Unforced
56
56
33%
33%
Ratio Unforced
67%
67%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
55%
55%
1st in
57%
57%
65%
65%
1st won
63%
63%
31/48
31/48
1st won
25/40
25/40
59%
59%
2nd won
40%
40%
23/39
23/39
2nd won
12/30
12/30
178
178
Fastest serve
191
191
160
160
AVG 1st Serve
166
166
130
130
AVG 2nd Serve
136
136
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
Total
2/10
2/10
80%
80%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 87 points vs. the Russian’s 70.

Tomljanovic

Ajla was sharp when converting 80% of the break points that she conquered (4/5).

Samsonova

On the other side, Samsonova was not so effective in converting her break points (only 20% – 2/10). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Tomljanovic and Samsonova is 2-1 for Ajla.

Draw and next match H2H: Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Ons Jabeur – stats

Tomljanovic will take on Jabeur in the quarter.

This will be the 3rd time that Ajla Tomljanovic and Ons Jabeur face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Jabeur (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Jabeur won 7-5 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome back in May 2022.

Ajla Tomljanovic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Tomljanovic overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Liudmila Samsonova in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Ajla refused to bow to come back to break Ludmilla in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 8.

Tiebreak

The Australian won 4 minibreaks in the 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Samsonova won 2 minibreaks in the 11th (6-5) and 14th (7-7) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8

Ajla was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-2 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40). Tomljanovic saved 2 set points when she was 4-5 and 5-6 down. On the other side, Samsonova converted 20% of her break points (2/10). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 114 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Tomljanovic won just 2 points more than Samsonova (58-56). Ajla conceded 29 points on serve (37-29). In addition, on the other side, Ludmilla conceded 21 points on serve (27-21).

Tomljanovic started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Liudmila Samsonova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The Australian improved her lead after breaking Ludmilla in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

One of the most important stints of the set was when Tomljanovic won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Tomljanovic converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (3-0 15-40). On the other side, Ajla didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 43 points. Tomljanovic won 15 points more than Samsonova (29-14). Tomljanovic was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Ludmilla conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).

 

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