Varvara Gracheva shocks Sloane Stephens 7-6(4) 6-3 in the quarter in Austin on Friday. Gracheva will clash against Katie Volynets in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Gracheva scored 85 points vs. Stephens’s 69.
Gracheva
Gracheva served pretty well to win 75% of the points (33/44) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 45% points (13/29) on her second serve. Varvara won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Stephens
On the other side, Sloane was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (3/6). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Gracheva and Stephens is 2-1 for Varvara.
Draw and next match H2H: Varvara Gracheva vs. Katie Volynets – stats
Gracheva will square off with Volynets in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Varvara Gracheva and Katie Volynets since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Gracheva had a great start in this set after breaking Sloane Stephens in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Gracheva was not done to come back to break Stephens in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (2-2) game before winning the set (7-6).
The Russian converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-3 30-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Stephens converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 101 points. Varvara conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the American (53-48). The Russian conceded 20 points on serve (29-20). Regarding the other side of the net, Sloane conceded 24 points on serve (28-24).
Gracheva got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Sloane Stephens in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that was not enough for Gracheva to win the set since the American managed to break back in the 8th (3-5) game. Gracheva kept her cool to break the American in the 9th (6-3) game.
Varvara failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.
Varvara was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 7th (4-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, the American converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 53 points. Gracheva won 9 points more than Sloane (31-22). Gracheva lost 11 points on serve (19-11). On the losing side, Sloane conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
Tennis Scores in Austin
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (3-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Sloane StephensStephens (7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Peyton StearnsStearns (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (7-66 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Katie VolynetsVolynets (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H details and stats