Varvara Gracheva outlasts Zhuoxuan Bai 6-3 3-6 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Strasbourg on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Gracheva is going to play against Selena Janicijevic in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 1st round in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Gracheva added to her prize money € 1,124 after conquering this match. She has already won € 3,670 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add € 1,910 to her earnings to get in total € 5,580 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:28
Gracheva won this encounter even if she won the same amount of points of the Chinese (99 vs. 99).
Gracheva
Varvara didn’t lose the focus when converting 57% of the break points that she procured (4/7).
Bai
On the other side, the Chinese was not so effective in converting her break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Gracheva and Bai is 1-0 for Varvara.
Draw and next match H2H: Varvara Gracheva vs. Selena Janicijevic – stats
Gracheva will come up against Janicijevic in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Varvara Gracheva and Selena Janicijevic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gracheva (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Gracheva won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in W25 St. Etienne back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Gracheva had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Zhuoxuan Bai in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. the Russian to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Varvara converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 59 points. Varvara conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Bai (33-26). Gracheva surrendered 7 points on serve (22-7). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).
Gracheva conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Zhuoxuan Bai in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was crucial for the Chinese to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Bai was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40). On the other side, Bai didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. The Chinese was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the Russian (29-20). Zhuoxuan lost 6 points on serve (16-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).
Varvara won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (5-6) game, Gracheva broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 7-3.
The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 15.
Tiebreak
Gracheva won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 5th (3-2), 6th (4-2), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the Chinese won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 8th (3-5) point.
Gracheva won the tiebreak 7-3 after she conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
The Russian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (4-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40). In addition on the other side, Bai converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 90 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Gracheva won just 2 more points than Bai (46-44). Gracheva conceded 21 points on serve (24-21). Regarding the other side of the net, Bai conceded 22 points on serve (23-22).
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