Alexandrova tops Sun in the quarter of the Hana Bank Korea Open – SEOUL RESULTS

HANA BANK KOREA OPEN - SEOUL DRAW AND RESULTS. Alexandrova prevails over Sun to face Tatjana Maria in the semifinal

Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Lulu Sun

Ekaterina Alexandrova hustles Lulu Sun 7-5 7-6(6) in the quarter in Seoul on Friday. Alexandrova will seek to keep on going in this event against Tatjana Maria in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes.

Alexandrova
Seoul
Alexandrova's Record

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Alexandrova
Sun
81
81
Total points
74
74
31
31
Winners
27
27
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
2
2
8
8
Double Faults
2
2
58%
58%
1st in
59%
59%
70%
70%
1st won
57%
57%
31/44
31/44
1st won
27/47
27/47
38%
38%
2nd won
44%
44%
12/32
12/32
2nd won
14/32
14/32
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
5/7
5/7
55%
55%
Won
71%
71%
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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 81 points vs. the Swiss’s 74.

Alexandrova

Ekaterina was well focused in converting 55% of the break points that she procured (6/11).

Sun

On the other side, Sun was pretty effective at converting 71% of the break points that she conquered points (5/7). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Alexandrova and Sun is 1-0 for Ekaterina.

Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Tatjana Maria – stats

Alexandrova will square off with Maria in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Tatjana Maria since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Ekaterina Alexandrova Draw info

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Ekaterina won the set after she broke Sun 4 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 12th (7-5) game. The Swiss tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, Ekaterina kept the situation under control to conquer the set 7-5.

Alexandrova failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.

LuluAnke lost the 6th game (4-2) when she was 40-0 up.

The Russian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A), the 8th (4-3 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, LuluAnke was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40), the 7th (2-4 0-40) and the 8th game (3-5 15-40).

They played 67 points. Ekaterina was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than the Swiss (36-31). Ekaterina surrendered 16 points on serve (15-16). on the other side of the court, Sun conceded 21 points on serve (15-21).

Alexandrova started the set strong after breaking Lulu Sun in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for the Russian to win the set since the Swiss succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game. The Russian kept her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 6.

Tiebreak

Ekaterina won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (3-4) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, LuluAnke won a minibreak in the 4th (3-1) point.

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

Ekaterina converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40). Alexandrova saved 1 set point when she was trailing 5-6. Furthermore, on the other side, the Swiss converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 6th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 82 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Ekaterina won just 2 more points than the Swiss (42-40). Ekaterina conceded 17 points on serve (29-17). on the other side of the net, LuluAnke conceded 13 points on serve (23-13).

 

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