Katie Volynets aces the defending champion Peyton Stearns 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in Austin on Friday in what was an all-American affair. Volynets will play Varvara Gracheva in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:44
At the end of the match, Katie scored 80 points vs. Peyton’s 69.
Volynets
Katie was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (8/16).
Stearns
On the other side, Peyton had a tough time converting her break points (only 36% – 5/14). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Volynets and Stearns is 2-0 for Katie.
Draw and next match H2H: Katie Volynets vs. Varvara Gracheva – stats
Volynets will play Gracheva in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Katie Volynets and Varvara Gracheva since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Volynets conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Peyton Stearns in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Volynets to win the set because Peyton found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4), in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Volynets maintained her cool to break Stearns in the 7th (5-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).
Volynets failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Katie won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Volynets converted 44% of her break points (4/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (4-2 40-A), the 11th (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 13th game (7-4 0-40). In addition on the other side, Peyton converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 6th (1-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (2-5 30-40) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40).
They played 86 points. Katie conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Peyton (47-39). Volynets lost 18 points on serve (19-18). On the other side, Peyton conceded 28 points on serve (21-28).
Volynets had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Peyton Stearns in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Volynets to win the set as Stearns managed to break back in the 6th (1-5) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Katie maintained her cool to break Stearns in the 9th (6-3) game.
Katie failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 40.
A defining moment of this set was when Volynets won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Katie converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 15-40), the 5th (4-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Stearns converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (0-3 40-A), the 6th (0-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 0-40).
They played 63 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Volynets won just 3 more points than Peyton (33-30). Katie dropped 19 points on serve (17-19). In addition, on the other side, Stearns conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
Tennis Scores in Austin
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Sloane StephensStephens (7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (7-66 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Peyton StearnsStearns (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (3-6 6-2 6-1) – 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
