Alycia Parks prevails over Fernanda Contreras Gomez 7-6(7) 3-6 7-5 in the 1st round in Merida on Tuesday. Parks will try to keep the momentum against Rebecca Peterson in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 35 minutes.
Highlights Alycia Parks vs. Fernanda Contreras Gomez Merida Open Akron – Merida
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:35
At the end of the match, the American scored 107 points vs. Contreras Gomez’s 106.
Parks
Parks fired 13 aces and she committed 7 double faults. Alycia was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (1/2).
Contreras Gomez
On the other side, the Mexican was struggling when converting her break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Parks and Contreras Gomez is 1-2 for Fernanda.
Draw and next match H2H: Alycia Parks vs. Rebecca Peterson – stats
Parks will come up against Peterson in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Alycia Parks and Rebecca Peterson square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Parks (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Parks won 6-1 6-4 in the final in Andorra back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American conquered in the 9th game (5-4) prior to ultimately winning the set (7-6).
Parks failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 0.
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Fernanda converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 11th game (5-5 40-A and 40-A).
They played 94 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 2 more points than Fernanda (48-46). Parks surrendered 17 points on serve (36-17). On the losing side, Contreras Gomez conceded 12 points on serve (29-12).
Parks didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Fernanda Contreras Gomez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was the key and it was sufficient for Fernanda to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
Fernanda was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40). On the other side, Contreras Gomez didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. The contest during this set was so even that Fernanda won only 1 point more than Parks (23-22). The Mexican was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Alycia conceded 7 points on serve (18-7).
The American won the set after she broke Fernanda in the 11th (6-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game.
Alycia was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Mexican converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 7th (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 74 points. It’s worth to point out that, The American won this set even if she scored less points 2 than the Mexican (36-38). Alycia lost 16 points on serve (27-16). on the other side of the court, Fernanda conceded 9 points on serve (22-9).
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