Ekaterina Alexandrova conquers Julia Grabher 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in Charleston on Thursday. Alexandrova will play Belinda Bencic in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:22
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 69 points vs. Julia’s 57.
Alexandrova
Alexandrova didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).
Grabher
On the other side, the Austrian was struggling when converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Alexandrova and Grabher is 1-0 for Ekaterina.
Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Belinda Bencic – stats
Alexandrova will compete against Bencic in the quarter.
This will be the 7th time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Belinda Bencic play each other. The head to head is 3-3 for Alexandrova and Bencic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Alexandrova won 7-68 6-3 in the 3rd round in Miami back in March 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Ekaterina won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Alexandrova broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game to conquer the set 6-4.
Julia was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-4 to 6-4.
The Russian converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (2-4 15-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Julia converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 0-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 82 points. Ekaterina won 4 more points than Julia (43-39). The Russian conceded 18 points on serve (24-18). On the losing side, Grabher conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).
Alexandrova was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Julia Grabher in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Alexandrova to win the set as Grabher managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. Alexandrova kept her cool to break Julia in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
The Russian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Grabher was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (1-4 15-40).
They played 44 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Austrian (26-18). Ekaterina dropped 7 points on serve (13-7). On the other side, Grabher conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (7-5 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Madison KeysKeys – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 3-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Julia GrabherGrabher (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Bernarda PeraPera (6-3 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Shelby RogersRogers (4-6 7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-4 7-65) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Belinda BencicBencic – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (3-3) – H2H details and stats
- Madison KeysKeys – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (8-1) – H2H details and stats
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – H2H details and stats
