Anna Bondar shocks Pliskova in the 2nd round to clash vs Zheng at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Bondar stuns Pliskova to take on Qinwen Zheng in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Anna Bondar vs. Karolina Pliskova

Anna Bondar shocks Karolina Pliskova 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome on Thursday. Bondar will seek to keep on going in this event against Qinwen Zheng in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes.

Bondar
Rome
Bondar's Record

Bondar added to her prize money € 10,048 after winning this match. She has already won € 22,700 after this win. If she wins the next match, Anna will add € 16,430 to her earnings to get in total € 39,130 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Bondar
Pliskova
Anna Bondar
7-65 6-2
1h:23
Karolina Pliskova
69
69
Total points
53
53
27
27
Winners
28
28
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
53%
53%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
62%
62%
1st in
67%
67%
71%
71%
1st won
68%
68%
27/38
27/38
1st won
28/41
28/41
61%
61%
2nd won
25%
25%
14/23
14/23
2nd won
5/20
5/20
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
Total
2/4
2/4
80%
80%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Anna scored 69 points vs. Karolina’s 53.

Bondar

Bondar was effective when converting 80% of the break points that she procured (4/5).

Pliskova

On the other side, Karolina was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Bondar and Pliskova is 1-0 for Anna.

Draw and next match H2H: Anna Bondar vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats

Bondar will come up against Zheng in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Anna Bondar and Qinwen Zheng square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Zheng won 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in W25 Hamburg back in 2021.

Anna Bondar Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Bondar 7-6
BondarPliskova
7
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
BondarPliskova
7
6
0
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
3
2
4
2
4
3
5
3
6
3
6
4
6
5
BondarPliskova
6
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
BondarPliskova
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BondarPliskova
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
BondarPliskova
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
BondarPliskova
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BondarPliskova
3
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
BondarPliskova
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BondarPliskova
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BondarPliskova
3
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
BondarPliskova
3
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BondarPliskova
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
BondarPliskova
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Bondar was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Karolina Pliskova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Anna to win the set as Pliskova found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game. The Hungarian maintained her focus to break Karolina in the 8th (4-4) game before winning the set (7-6).

Anyhow also the Czech won 4 consecutive games from 0-3 to 4-3

Bondar converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 14th game (7-5 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Czech converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).

They contested 86 points. Bondar won 8 points more than the Czech (47-39). Bondar lost 18 points on serve (28-18). In addition, on the other side, Pliskova conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).

2nd Set -
Bondar 6-2
BondarPliskova
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
BondarPliskova
5
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
BondarPliskova
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
BondarPliskova
4
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
BondarPliskova
4
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BondarPliskova
3
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
BondarPliskova
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

Bondar came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Karolina Pliskova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. That break was crucial for Anna to win the set (6-2) as there were no other breaks.

Bondar was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (2-0 15-40). On the other side, Anna didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 36 points. Anna was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Karolina (22-14). Bondar surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the net, Karolina conceded 6 points on serve (9-6).

1st
Bondar
Pliskova
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Bondar
Pliskova
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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