Valeria Savinykh upsets Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-4 1-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Osaka on Monday. Savinykh will have to play Yulia Putintseva in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 10 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reach the qualifications in 2012 and 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Savinykh added to her prize money $ 1,116 after winning this match. She has already won $ 3,920 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 2,498 to her earnings to get in total $ 6,418 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:10
Savinykh won this encounter even if she won the same amount of points of the German (79 vs. 79).
Savinykh
The Russian won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 25% (3/12) of the procured opportunities.
Friedsam
On the other side, Anna-Lena was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Savinykh and Friedsam is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Valeria Savinykh vs. Yulia Putintseva – stats
Savinykh will come up against Putintseva in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Valeria Savinykh and Yulia Putintseva since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Savinykh conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Savinykh converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Anna-Lena was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 65 points. Savinykh was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than the German (35-30). The Russian surrendered 6 points on serve (21-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Anna-Lena conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).
Savinykh had a favorable start in this set after breaking Anna-Lena Friedsam in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The German managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the Russian in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Savinykh was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-1 to 6-1.
Anna-Lena was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Anna-Lena didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. Anna-Lena conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Savinykh (24-16). Anna-Lena was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). On the losing side, Valeria conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
Savinykh started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Anna-Lena Friedsam in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Savinykh to win the set because Anna-Lena managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Savinykh kept her focus to break Anna-Lena in the 6th (4-2) game before conquering the set (6-3).
Savinykh converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Anna-Lena converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 53 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Valeria won just 3 points more than Friedsam (28-25). Valeria dropped 13 points on serve (17-13). on the other side of the court, Friedsam conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
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