Sloane Stephens ousts Louisa Chirico 3-6 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Charleston on Monday in what was an all-American affair. Stephens will play Victoria Azarenka in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes. Stephens won this tournament once in 2016. Here you can see her history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Sloane scored 80 points vs. Louisa’s 67.
Stephens
Sloane served pretty well to win 76% of the points (37/49) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 44% points (8/18) on her second serve. Stephens was sharp when converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7).
Chirico
On the other side, Louisa was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Stephens and Chirico is 3-0 for Sloane.
Draw and next match H2H: Sloane Stephens vs. Victoria Azarenka – stats
Stephens will fight against Azarenka in the 2nd round.
This will be the 8th time that Sloane Stephens and Victoria Azarenka clash against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Stephens (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Stephens won 6-4 2-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Madrid back in 2019.
Sloane was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 3 games in the last 2 sets after winning 55 points vs. Azarenka’s 38 points.
Live score progression and stats
Louisa won the set after she broke Sloane in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Sloane tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. However, Chirico managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 6-3.
Chirico was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 8th (4-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). On the other side, Sloane was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 54 points. Louisa conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Sloane (31-23). Chirico lost 7 points on serve (18-7). On the losing side, Sloane conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Stephens had a strong start of this set after breaking Louisa Chirico in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Stephens reinforced her lead after breaking Louisa in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
Louisa lost the 2nd game (2-0) when she was comfortably leading 40-0. An important stage of this set was when Sloane won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Sloane was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 3rd game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, Stephens didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 47 points. Stephens was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Louisa (27-20). Sloane was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). On the losing side, Louisa conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
Stephens in this set was much more effective than Chirico and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Louisa in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Sloane converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Stephens didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. Stephens was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than Louisa (30-16). Sloane surrendered 5 points on serve (17-5). In addition, on the other side, Chirico conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
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