Liudmila Samsonova outlasts Lena Papadakis 7-5 6-7(5) 7-6(3) in the 1st round in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Samsonova will try to keep the momentum against Polina Kudermetova in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 40 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:40
At the end of the match, Samsonova scored 136 points vs. the German’s 129.
Samsonova
Ludmilla served very well to win 76% of the points (54/71) behind her first serve, and she won 53% points (40/76) on her second serve. Samsonova blasted 11 aces and she committed 10 double faults. Ludmilla won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Rueffer
On the other side, Lena had a tough time converting her break points (only 14% – 2/14). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Samsonova and Rueffer is 1-0 for Ludmilla.
Draw and next match H2H: Liudmila Samsonova vs. Polina Kudermetova – stats
Samsonova will take on Kudermetova in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Liudmila Samsonova and Polina Kudermetova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Samsonova started the set in the best possible way after breaking Lena Papadakis in the 1st game (1-0). However, Ludmilla managed to stage a good comeback to break Rueffer in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Samsonova failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
Ludmilla converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-2 30-40), the 4th (1-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Rueffer converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 0th (2-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 6th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 88 points. The Russian won 4 more points than the German (46-42). Ludmilla conceded 20 points on serve (32-20). on the other side of the court, Lena conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).
The German won the set after she broke the Russian .
Rueffer wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A). Also, on the other side, Ludmilla wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 14th game (5-7 30-40).
They played 83 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Rueffer won just 3 more points than Ludmilla (43-40). Lena dropped 12 points on serve (29-12). on the other side of the net, Ludmilla conceded 14 points on serve (28-14).
Ludmilla won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 8th (3-5) game, The Russian broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 7-3.
Tiebreak
Samsonova won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (3-0), 7th (6-1) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Rueffer won a minibreak in the 9th (3-6) point.
The Russian won the tiebreak 7-3 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
The Russian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40). In addition on the other side, the German converted 12% of her break points (1/8). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A).
They played 94 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Lena (50-44). The Russian surrendered 26 points on serve (34-26). In addition, on the other side, Rueffer conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
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