Irina-Camelia Begu prevails over Veronika Kudermetova 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in Adelaide on Friday. Begu will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 10 minutes.
Begu added to her prize money $ 22,858 after winning this match. She has won already $ 43,323 so far in this competition. If she wins the next match, Irina-Camelia will add $ 30,838 to her earnings to get in total $ 74,161.
Highlights Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Veronika Kudermetova Adelaide International 1 – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:10
At the end of the match, Begu scored 81 points vs. Veronika’s 72.
Begu
Begu didn’t lose the concentration in converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11).
Kudermetova
On the other side, the Russian was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Begu and Kudermetova is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats
Begu will compete against Sabalenka in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Irina-Camelia Begu and Aryna Sabalenka face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Begu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Begu won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Miami back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Begu conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Veronika Kudermetova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, Irina-Camelia succeeded in coming back to break Kudermetova 4 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (3-4), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Irina-Camelia failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.
Kudermetova capitulated the 9th game (5-4) when she had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.
Irina-Camelia converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (2-4 30-40), the 9th (4-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). Also, on the other side, the Russian converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (3-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 0-40), the 10th (4-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 40-A).
They contested 88 points. Irina-Camelia conquered the set after winning 6 more points than the Russian (47-41). Irina-Camelia lost 22 points on serve (23-22). on the other side of the net, Kudermetova conceded 24 points on serve (19-24).
The Romanian won the set after she broke Veronika in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Veronika tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, Begu didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-4.
Begu converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). In addition on the other side, Veronika converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40).
They played 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Romanian won just 3 points more than Veronika (35-32). The Romanian dropped 12 points on serve (19-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Veronika conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Marta KostyukKostyuk (7-65 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-4 6-73 7-66) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ons JabeurJabeur – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-0) – H2H details and stats
