Julia Riera surprises Putintseva in the quarter to set up a battle vs Grabher at the Grand Prix De SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem. HIGHLIGHTS – RABAT RESULTS

Julia Riera upsets Yulia Putintseva 5-7 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Rabat on Thursday. Riera will play against Julia Grabher in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 26 minutes.

Rabat

Riera's Record

Julia added to her prize money $ 4,858 after winning this match. She has already won $ 11,275 as of now in this competition. If she wins the next match, the Argentine will add $ 8,951 to her earnings to get in total $ 20,226.

Highlights Julia Riera vs. Yulia Putintseva Grand Prix De SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Rabat

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Riera

Putintseva

5-7 6-4 6-2
2h:26

105

105

Total points

90

90

40

40

Winners

40

40

38%

38%

Ratio Winners

44%

44%

-- Serve --

1

1

Aces

0

0

2

2

Double Faults

2

2

63%

63%

1st in

77%

77%

68%

68%

1st won

51%

51%

40/59

40/59

1st won

40/78

40/78

40%

40%

2nd won

43%

43%

14/35

14/35

2nd won

10/23

10/23

-- Break Points --

7/19

7/19

Total

5/10

5/10

37%

37%

Won

50%

50%

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At the end of the match, Riera scored 105 points vs. Yulia’s 90.

Riera

Riera won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 37% (7/19) of the procured opportunities.

Putintseva

On the other side, Putintseva was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (5/10). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Riera and Putintseva is 1-0 for Julia.

Draw and next match H2H: Julia Riera vs. Julia Grabher – stats

Riera will come up against Grabher in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Julia Riera and Julia Grabher since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Riera didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Yulia Putintseva in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Putintseva to win the set as Riera found the way to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 8^th (4-4) game. Putintseva maintained her focus to break Riera in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).

The Argentine was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 4-5 to 7-5.

Yulia was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 7^th (3-3 15-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Julia was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2^nd (0-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4^th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8^th game (3-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 94 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Yulia won just 2 points more than the Argentine (48-46). The Kazakhstani lost 22 points on serve (27-22). On the losing side, Riera conceded 21 points on serve (24-21).

Julia won the set after she broke Putintseva in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. Putintseva tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9^th (5-4) game. Nonetheless, Riera didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 6-4.

Riera failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.

The Argentine was perfect in converting all her break points in the 6^th (3-2 15-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Yulia converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9^th game (3-5 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 62 points. Riera won 8 points more than Yulia (35-27). The Argentine conceded 13 points on serve (22-13). On the losing side, Putintseva conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).

Riera overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Yulia Putintseva in the 2^nd game (2-0). However, that was not enough for the Argentine to win the set because Yulia managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. Julia kept her focus to break the Kazakhstani in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

Riera converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 0-40), the 4^th (2-1 15-40), the 6^th (4-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Putintseva was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3^rd game (0-2 0-40).

They contested 39 points. Riera won 9 more points than Putintseva (24-15). Riera surrendered 6 points on serve (8-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Yulia conceded 16 points on serve (9-16).

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• Julia GrabherGrabher – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-3 ret.) – Stats and score progression
• Julia RieraRiera – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (5-7 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression

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