Irene Burillo Escorihuela stuns Kanepi in the 1st round to clash vs Gauff at the Mutua Madrid Open – MADRID RESULTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Burillo Escorihuela stuns Kanepi to come up against Cori Gauff in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Irene Burillo Escorihuela vs. Kaia Kanepi

Irene Burillo Escorihuela surprises Kaia Kanepi 6-7(5) 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Madrid on Wednesday. Burillo Escorihuela will fight against Cori Gauff in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes.

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Burillo Escorihuela's Record

Irene added to her prize money € 10,705 after winning this match. She has already won € 27,045 after this win. If she wins the next match, Burillo Escorihuela will add € 21,790 to her earnings to get in total € 48,835 in total.

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At the end of the match, Irene scored 111 points vs. the Estonian’s 98.

Burillo Escorihuela

The Spaniard won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points as she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

Kanepi

On the other side, the Estonian was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Burillo Escorihuela and Kanepi is 1-0 for Irene.

Draw and next match H2H: Irene Burillo Escorihuela vs. Cori Gauff – stats

Burillo Escorihuela will come up against Gauff in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Irene Burillo Escorihuela and Cori Gauff since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

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Kaia won the set after she broke Irene in the 9th (5-4) game. Burillo Escorihuela tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, Kaia kept the situation under control to win the set 7-6.

Kaia failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 15.

Kanepi was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Spaniard was perfect in converting all her break points in the 10th (4-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40).

They contested 93 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kaia won just 3 points more than Irene (48-45). Kanepi lost 18 points on serve (28-18). on the other side of the net, Burillo Escorihuela conceded 20 points on serve (27-20).

The Spaniard in this set was more solid than the Estonian and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking Kanepi in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Kaia was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-2 to 6-2.

Burillo Escorihuela converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Kanepi was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 57 points. Burillo Escorihuela conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Kaia (33-24). Irene surrendered 11 points on serve (22-11). In addition, on the other side, the Estonian conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).

The Spaniard conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Irene broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game to conquer the set 6-4.

The Spaniard converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, the Estonian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (2-1 40-A).

They contested 59 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Kaia (33-26). The Spaniard lost 11 points on serve (20-11). On the other side, Kanepi conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).

 

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