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.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:55
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.
Live score progression and stats
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).
Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Lin ZhuZhu (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Lulu SunSun (7-5 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Victoria Jimenez KasintsevaJimenez Kasintseva (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
