Yulia Putintseva upsets Tatjana Maria 6-4 6-7(6) 6-0 in the quarter in Guangzhou on Thursday. Putintseva will play against Magda Linette in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Yulia added to her prize money $ 4,858 after winning this match. She has already won $ 11,276 up to now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Yulia will add $ 8,950 to her earnings to get in total $ 20,226.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:48
At the end of the match, Putintseva scored 110 points vs. Maria’s 92.
Putintseva
Putintseva was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (6/12).
Maria
On the other side, Tatjana was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 18% – 2/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Putintseva and Maria is 4-2 for Yulia.
Draw and next match H2H: Yulia Putintseva vs. Magda Linette – stats
Putintseva will fight against Linette in the semifinal.
This will be the 9th time that Yulia Putintseva and Magda Linette face off. The head to head is 5-3 for Linette (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Putintseva won 7-5 6-3 in the Rubber 1 in 1 back in April 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Putintseva overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Tatjana Maria in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Yulia to win the set because Tatjana succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (2-1) game. Putintseva maintained her cool to break the German in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
Yulia converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (2-2 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Maria converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 66 points. Putintseva was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Maria (35-31). Putintseva lost 14 points on serve (22-14). on the other side of the net, Tatjana conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).
Putintseva didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Tatjana Maria in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, that was not enough for the German to win the set because the Kazakhstani found the way to break back in the 9th (4-5) game.
Tatjana was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (5-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Kazakhstani was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 9th (3-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 103 points. It’s worth to point out that, Tatjana won this set even if she scored less points 7 than Yulia (48-55). The German dropped 26 points on serve (34-26). Regarding the other side of the net, the Kazakhstani conceded 14 points on serve (29-14).
The German was unable to hold the serve for the entire set and Yulia won the set 6-0.
Putintseva converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 0th (2-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40). On the other side, Maria was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (0-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 29 points. Yulia won 13 more points than Tatjana (21-8). The Kazakhstani was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (9-4). on the other side of the net, Maria conceded 12 points on serve (4-12).
Tennis Scores in Guangzhou
- Xiyu WangWang – Viktoria HruncakovaHruncakova (6-4 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-4 6-76 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-78 6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (7-5 7-66) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Magda LinetteLinette – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (5-3) – H2H details and stats
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Xiyu WangWang (0-0) – H2H details and stats
