Veronika Kudermetova ousts Anastasia Potapova 7-5 3-6 6-1 in the 3rd round in Rome on Saturday in what was an all-Russian affair. The battle lasted 2 hours and 23 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 3rd round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Veronika added to her prize money € 16,430 after winning this match. She has already won € 39,130 after this win. If she wins the next match, Veronika will add € 34,800 to her earnings to get in total € 73,930 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:23
At the end of the match, Kudermetova scored 101 points vs. Potapova’s 85.
Kudermetova
Veronika was pretty good at converting 57% of the break points that she procured (8/14).
Potapova
On the other side, Potapova was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that she conquered points (6/10). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Kudermetova and Potapova is 3-1 for Veronika.
Live score progression and stats
Veronika won the set after she broke Potapova 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Potapova tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Nevertheless, Veronika refused to give way to conquer the set 7-5.
Anastasia was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Veronika converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40), the 11th (5-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 13th game (7-4 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Potapova converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40).
They played 75 points. Kudermetova was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Anastasia (43-32). Kudermetova surrendered 12 points on serve (20-12). on the other side of the net, Anastasia conceded 23 points on serve (20-23).
Potapova won the set after she broke Kudermetova in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game. Veronika tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (5-2) game. However, Potapova didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 6-3.
Anastasia failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 15.
A crucial moment of this set was when Potapova won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the game count from 1-1 to 5-1.
Anastasia was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Veronika was unerring in converting all her break points in the 6th (1-5 15-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 62 points. Potapova won 6 points more than Veronika (34-28). Potapova dropped 12 points on serve (17-12). on the other side of the net, Veronika conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
Kudermetova overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Anastasia Potapova in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that was not enough for Kudermetova to win the set as Anastasia found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Kudermetova kept her focus to break Anastasia in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Anastasia was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Kudermetova converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). Also, on the other side, Potapova converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They played 49 points. Veronika won 11 points more than Potapova (30-19). Kudermetova surrendered 7 points on serve (10-7). In addition, on the other side, Potapova conceded 20 points on serve (12-20).
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