Katie Volynets hustles Clervie Ngounoue 2-6 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in San Diego on Monday in what was an all-American affair. The battle lasted 2 hours and 1 minute.
Katie added to her prize money $ 3,190 after winning this match. She has already won $ 11,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, Katie will add $ 9,575 to her earnings to get in total $ 21,075 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Katie scored 89 points vs. Ngounoue’s 84.
Volynets
Volynets won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.
Ngounoue
On the other side, Ngounoue had a tough time converting her break points (only 38% – 5/13). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Volynets and Ngounoue is 1-0 for Katie.
Live score progression and stats
Ngounoue in this set was more solid than Katie and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking Volynets in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
Volynets lost the 3rd game (2-1) when she was serving and leading 40-0. It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Ngounoue won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-1 to 5-1.
Clervie was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 4th (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Katie wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They played 59 points. Ngounoue won 9 more points than Katie (34-25). Clervie dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). On the other side, Katie conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).
Volynets enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Clervie Ngounoue in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, there was more to do for Volynets to win the set because Clervie managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Volynets maintained her cool to break Clervie in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Volynets failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Volynets converted 57% of her break points (4/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Ngounoue converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 0-40) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 66 points. Volynets won 6 more points than Ngounoue (36-30). Katie lost 19 points on serve (17-19). In addition, on the other side, Clervie conceded 19 points on serve (11-19).
Volynets in this set was more solid than Ngounoue and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Clervie in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Volynets wasted a good opportunity to break Ngounoue in the 6th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Volynets converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 6th (4-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Volynets didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 48 points. Volynets was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Clervie (28-20). Katie lost 6 points on serve (14-6). on the other side of the net, Ngounoue conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
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