Carolina Meligeni Alves surprises Joanne Zuger 7-6(3) 6-1 in the qualifications in Bogota on Sunday. M. Alves will seek to keep on going in this event against Dayana Yastremska in the 1st round. The match lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reach the qualifications in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:48
At the end of the match, Carolina scored 89 points vs. Joanne’s 71.
M. Alves
Carolina won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 32% (6/19) of the procured opportunities.
Zuger
On the other side, Joanne was battling in converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between M. Alves and Zuger is 2-1 for Carolina.
Draw and next match H2H: Carolina Meligeni Alves vs. Dayana Yastremska – stats
M. Alves will come up against Yastremska in the 1st round.
There is no head to head record between Carolina Meligeni Alves and Dayana Yastremska since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
M. Alves commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Joanne Zuger in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Carolina found the way to come back to break the Swiss 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game before winning the set (7-6).
The Brazilian missed the chance to break Zuger in the 6th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Brazilian converted 18% of her break points (3/16). She had 16 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (5-4 40-A), the 12th (6-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Swiss converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 117 points. M. Alves was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than the Swiss (62-55). The Brazilian lost 22 points on serve (27-22). Regarding the other side of the net, Zuger conceded 35 points on serve (33-35).
M. Alves had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Joanne Zuger in the 2nd game (2-0). Carolina managed to boost her lead after breaking the Swiss in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Joanne was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
The Brazilian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Swiss was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 43 points. Carolina won 11 points more than the Swiss (27-16). The Brazilian lost 10 points on serve (17-10). On the losing side, Zuger conceded 10 points on serve (6-10).
Tennis Scores in Bogota
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