Uncompromising Claire Liu extinguishes In-Albon in the 1st round to play vs Swiatek at the French Open – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Liu thumps In-Albon to compete against Iga Swiatek in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Claire Liu vs. Ylena In-Albon

Claire Liu extinguishes Ylena In-Albon 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris on Tuesday after playing a superlative match to clash against Iga Swiatek in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Liu
Paris
Liu's Record

The American added to her prize money € 28,000 after conquering this match. She has already won € 97,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Claire will add € 45,000 to her earnings to get in total € 142,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Liu
In-Albon
Claire Liu
6-1 6-4
1h:12
Ylena In-Albon
60
60
Total points
38
38
27
27
Winners
20
20
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
53%
53%
20
20
Unforced
24
24
45%
45%
Ratio Unforced
55%
55%
15/19
15/19
Net Approaches
3/5
3/5
79%
79%
Perc
60%
60%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
70%
70%
1st in
71%
71%
82%
82%
1st won
56%
56%
27/33
27/33
1st won
20/36
20/36
43%
43%
2nd won
27%
27%
6/14
6/14
2nd won
4/15
4/15
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
Total
2/2
2/2
56%
56%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Claire scored 60 points vs. In-Albon’s 38.

Liu

Claire served pretty well to win 82% of the points (27/33) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 43% points (6/14) on her second serve. Claire was pretty good at converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9).

In-Albon

On the other side, In-Albon was absolutely great in converting all her break points (2/2). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Liu and In-Albon is 1-0 for Claire.

Draw and next match H2H: Claire Liu vs. Iga Swiatek – stats

Liu will come up against Swiatek in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Claire Liu and Iga Swiatek fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Swiatek won 6-0 6-1 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in March 2023.

Claire Liu Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Liu HTML
LiuIn-Albon
HTML
L
0
0
I
0
0

Liu had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Ylena In-Albon in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The American improved her lead after breaking In-Albon in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

A defining moment of this set was when the American won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Liu converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Liu didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 39 points. Liu conquered the set after winning 15 more points than Ylena (27-12). Claire was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). Regarding the other side of the net, In-Albon conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).

2nd Set -
Liu Not
Not
0
0
0
0

Liu had a great start in this set after breaking Ylena In-Albon in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for the American to win the set since the Swiss found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Liu maintained her cool to break In-Albon in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Nonetheless also the Swiss won 4 consecutive games from 0-3 to 4-3

The American converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, Ylena was unerring in converting all her break points in the 4th (0-3 30-40) and the 5th game (2-3 30-40).

They contested 59 points. Claire was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than In-Albon (33-26). Claire lost 12 points on serve (17-12). on the other side of the net, the Swiss conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).

1st
Liu
In-Albon
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Liu
In-Albon
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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