Eugenie Bouchard shocks Joanne Zuger 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 1st round in Chennai on Monday. Bouchard will play against Karman Kaur Thandi in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes.
Highlights Eugenie Bouchard vs. Joanne Zuger Chennai Open – Chennai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 71 points vs. Zuger’s 64.
Bouchard
The Canadian was well focused in converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8).
Zuger
On the other side, Zuger didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (3/6). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Bouchard and Zuger is 1-0 for Eugenie.
Draw and next match H2H: Eugenie Bouchard vs. Karman Kaur Thandi – stats
Bouchard will square off with Kaur in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Eugenie Bouchard and Karman Kaur Thandi since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Bouchard conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Joanne Zuger in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Bouchard managed to stage a great comeback to break Zuger 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (6-6) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.
One of the most important stints of the set was when the Canadian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-1 to 4-1.
Tiebreak
The Canadian won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Swiss won a minibreak in the 4th (2-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Eugenie converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Joanne converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (2-4 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They contested 88 points. It’s worth to point out that, Bouchard won this set even if she scored less points 4 than Zuger (42-46). Eugenie lost 23 points on serve (25-23). Regarding the other side of the net, the Swiss conceded 17 points on serve (23-17).
Bouchard in this set was more solid than Joanne and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Zuger in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Swiss was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
The Canadian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Bouchard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. Eugenie was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Swiss (28-19). Bouchard conceded 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the court, Zuger conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
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