Liudmila Samsonova gets the better of Marta Kostyuk 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Washington on Friday. Samsonova will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Cori Gauff in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. The Russian won this tournament once in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Samsonova added to her prize money $ 20,523 after winning this match. She has already won $ 43,323 up to now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Samsonova will add $ 30,838 to her earnings to get in total $ 74,161.
Highlights Liudmila Samsonova vs. Marta Kostyuk Mubadala Citi DC Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:28
At the end of the match, Ludmilla scored 69 points vs. Marta’s 51.
Samsonova
The Russian served pretty well to win 83% of the points (24/29) behind her first serve. However she won only 44% points (11/25) on her second serve. Ludmilla was effective at converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8).
Kostyuk
On the other side, Marta was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (2/3). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Samsonova and Kostyuk is 3-0 for Ludmilla.
Draw and next match H2H: Liudmila Samsonova vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Samsonova will take on Gauff in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Cori Gauff square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Gauff won 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Charleston back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Samsonova overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Marta Kostyuk in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the Russian refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Marta in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
The Ukrainian was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Samsonova converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-2 40-A), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). On the other side, the Ukrainian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (2-1 40-A).
They played 82 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Marta (43-39). Ludmilla dropped 12 points on serve (21-12). In addition, on the other side, Kostyuk conceded 22 points on serve (27-22).
The Russian was in much better shape than the Ukrainian and without too much struggle she won 6-2. The Ukrainian broke Ludmilla 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, Ludmilla broke her opponent in the 6th (4-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to win the set (6-2).
Samsonova converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). Also, on the other side, Marta converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 38 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than Kostyuk (26-12). Ludmilla dropped 7 points on serve (14-7). On the other side, Marta conceded 12 points on serve (5-12).
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Belinda BencicBencic (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Madison KeysKeys (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Maria SakkariSakkari (3-4) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (2-0) – H2H details and stats
