Tatjana Maria survives Ylena In-Albon 6-2 4-6 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Stuttgart on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Maria will clash against Caroline Garcia in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 1st round in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Here you can see her history at this event.
Tatjana added to her prize money € 2,852 after winning this match. She has already won € 10,086 after this win. If she wins the next match, the German will add € 9,746 to her earnings to get in total € 19,832 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:45
At the end of the match, the German scored 110 points vs. the Swiss’s 105.
Maria
Tatjana served very well to win 76% of the points (44/58) behind her first serve, and she won 52% points (23/44) on her second serve. The German won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points after she converted only 25% (2/8) of the procured opportunities.
In-Albon
On the other side, Ylena was struggling when converting her break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Maria and In-Albon is 1-0 for Tatjana.
Draw and next match H2H: Tatjana Maria vs. Caroline Garcia – stats
Maria will take on Garcia in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Tatjana Maria and Caroline Garcia fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Garcia (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Garcia won 6-2 2-6 7-66 in the 1st round in Birmingham back in 2015.
Live score progression and stats
Maria had a great start in this set after breaking Ylena In-Albon in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The German improved her lead after breaking Ylena in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.
The German failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.
The German converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, In-Albon was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (0-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 55 points. Maria was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the Swiss (32-23). The German conceded 10 points on serve (20-10). On the other side, the Swiss conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that In-Albon conquered in the 7th game (4-3) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
The Swiss was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, the German wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They contested 65 points. In-Albon was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than the German (35-30). In-Albon dropped 12 points on serve (24-12). on the other side of the court, Maria conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Maria won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Tatjana won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 9th (6-3) and 11th (7-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Tatjana was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, In-Albon was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They played 96 points. It’s worth to point out that, The German won this set even if she scored less points 2 than Ylena (47-49). Tatjana dropped 17 points on serve (26-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Ylena conceded 21 points on serve (32-21).
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