Anastasia Potapova ousts Anna-Lena Friedsam 2-6 6-4 6-1 in the quarter in Linz on Friday. Potapova will seek to keep on going in this event against Marketa Vondrousova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes.
Highlights Anastasia Potapova vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Potapova scored 77 points vs. the German’s 67.
Potapova
Anastasia won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Friedsam
On the other side, the German was exceptional in converting all her break points (3/3). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Potapova and Friedsam is 1-0 for Anastasia.
Draw and next match H2H: Anastasia Potapova vs. Marketa Vondrousova – stats
Potapova will play Vondrousova in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Anastasia Potapova and Marketa Vondrousova square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Vondrousova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Vondrousova won 6-4 6-0 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Anna-Lena in this set played much better tennis than the Russian and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Anastasia in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
An important stage of this set was when Anna-Lena won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.
Anna-Lena was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40). Also, on the other side, the Russian was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 51 points. Friedsam was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the Russian (30-21). The German surrendered 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the court, Anastasia conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
The Russian won the set after she broke Anna-Lena in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Anna-Lena tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, Anastasia kept the focus to conquer the set 6-4.
Anastasia converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, Anna-Lena was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (2-4 15-40).
They contested 51 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Friedsam (28-23). Potapova lost 7 points on serve (17-7). On the losing side, Friedsam conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
Potapova started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Anna-Lena Friedsam in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The Russian extended her lead after breaking Anna-Lena in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this set was when Anastasia won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Potapova converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 3rd (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 42 points. Potapova conquered the set after winning 14 points more than Anna-Lena (28-14). Potapova lost 7 points on serve (17-7). In addition, on the other side, Friedsam conceded 11 points on serve (7-11).
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- Petra MarticMartic – Clara TausonTauson (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (2-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (0-2) – H2H details and stats