Ana Bogdan stuns Ajla Tomljanovic 7-5 4-6 6-1 in the 1st round in Portoroz on Tuesday. Bogdan will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Tamara Zidansek in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 32 minutes.
Bogdan added to her prize money € 865 after winning this match. She has won already € 3,065 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Romanian will add € 1,935 to her earnings to get in total € 5,000 in total.
Highlights Ana Bogdan vs. Ajla Tomljanovic Zavarovalnica Sava Portoroz – Portoroz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Bogdan scored 100 points vs. Ajla’s 87.
Bogdan
Ana blasted 10 aces and she committed 3 double faults. Ana won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points after she converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.
Tomljanovic
On the other side, Ajla was not so effective in converting her break points (only 33% – 4/12). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Bogdan and Tomljanovic is 2-0 for Ana.
Draw and next match H2H: Ana Bogdan vs. Tamara Zidansek – stats
Bogdan will fight against Zidansek in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Ana Bogdan and Tamara Zidansek square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bogdan (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Bogdan won 4-6 7-62 6-4 in the quarter in Sao Paulo back in 2016.
Live score progression and stats
Bogdan conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Ana broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.
Tomljanovic was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-5 to 7-5.
Ana converted 12% of her break points (1/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 10th (4-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40 and 15-40). Also, on the other side, Tomljanovic converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40).
They played 89 points. The contest during this set was so even that Bogdan won barely 1 point more than the Australian (45-44). The Romanian lost 20 points on serve (29-20). Regarding the other side of the net, Ajla conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).
Ajla won the set after she broke the Romanian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. The Romanian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Notwithstanding, Ajla maintained the focus to conquer the set 6-4.
Tomljanovic was on the money in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Romanian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 5th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 55 points. The Australian was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than the Romanian (30-25). The Australian dropped 10 points on serve (18-10). on the other side of the net, the Romanian conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
Bogdan was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Ajla Tomljanovic in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Bogdan refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Tomljanovic 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Tomljanovic couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Ana converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40), the 3rd (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Ajla converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 43 points. Bogdan conquered the set after winning 17 more points than Tomljanovic (30-13). The Romanian surrendered 8 points on serve (17-8). on the other side of the net, Tomljanovic conceded 13 points on serve (5-13).
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