Ekaterina Alexandrova aces the defending champion Anastasia Potapova 6-2 7-6(8) in the quarter in Linz on Friday in what was an all-Russian match. Alexandrova will play Donna Vekic in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Alexandrova added to her prize money € 22,865 after conquering this match. She has already won € 44,525 as of now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Ekaterina will add € 31,700 to her earnings to get in total € 76,225.
Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anastasia Potapova Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:26
At the end of the match, Alexandrova scored 79 points vs. Potapova’s 65.
Alexandrova
Ekaterina served pretty well to win 85% of the points (33/39) behind her first serve. However she won only 48% points (11/23) on her second serve. Ekaterina won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Potapova
On the other side, Anastasia had a tough time converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Alexandrova and Potapova is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Donna Vekic – stats
Alexandrova will square off with Vekic in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Donna Vekic square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Vekic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on I.hard.
The last time that they played, Vekic won 7-67 7-65 in the 1st round in Stuttgart back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Alexandrova conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Anastasia Potapova in the 1st game (1-0). Ekaterina extended her lead after breaking Anastasia in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Alexandrova converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Anastasia was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 57 points. Ekaterina was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Anastasia (33-24). Ekaterina surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). On the losing side, Potapova conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).
Alexandrova won the set after she broke Anastasia in the 5th (3-2) game. Anastasia tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nonetheless, Ekaterina didn’t lose the lead to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 8.
Tiebreak
Alexandrova won 4 minibreaks in the 7th (3-4), 11th (6-5), 15th (8-7) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Potapova won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1) and 14th (7-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
Ekaterina converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 6th game (4-2 30-40). Alexandrova saved 2 set points when she was 3-5 and 4-5 down. On the other side, Anastasia was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 10th game (4-5 0-40).
They contested 89 points. Alexandrova conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Anastasia (47-42). Ekaterina conceded 15 points on serve (24-15). on the other side of the net, Potapova conceded 23 points on serve (27-23).
Tennis Scores in Linz
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Elise MertensMertens (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-2 7-68) – Stats and score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Clara BurelBurel (6-0 7-63) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (5-1) – H2H details and stats
- Donna VekicVekic – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (2-1) – H2H details and stats
