Sara Errani surprises Tatjana Maria 6-0 6-1 in the 2nd round in Cluj on Thursday after playing a fantastic match to square off with Karolina Pliskova in the quarter. The match lasted exactly 1 hour.
The Italian added to her prize money $ 2,568 after winning this match. She has already won $ 6,608 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Italian will add $ 5,002 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,610 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Errani scored 60 points vs. the German’s 30.
Errani
Errani served extremely well to win 79% of the points (26/33) behind her first serve, and she won 80% points (4/5) on her second serve. The Italian was sharp when converting 71% of the break points that she procured (5/7).
Maria
On the other side, the German wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Errani and Maria is 5-0 for Sara.
Draw and next match H2H: Sara Errani vs. Karolina Pliskova – stats
Errani will take on Pliskova in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Sara Errani and Karolina Pliskova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Errani and Pliskova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Pliskova won w/o in the 2nd round in Montreal back in 2016.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much of a fight in this set since Errani conceded no games to Maria before winning the set 6-0.
Errani failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 30.
Errani converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Sara didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. Sara won 20 points more than Maria (35-15). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). In addition, on the other side, Tatjana conceded 19 points on serve (13-19).
Errani had a racing start in this set after breaking Tatjana Maria in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Errani reinforced her lead after breaking Maria in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
One of the most important stints of the set was when Sara won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Errani was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, Maria wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They played 40 points. Errani conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Maria (25-15). The Italian lost 6 points on serve (14-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Maria conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).
Tennis Scores in Cluj
- Sara ErraniErrani – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-0 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Harriet DartDart – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (5-7 7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (6-2 6-75 2-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Clara TausonTauson (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Ana BogdanBogdan – Erika AndreevaAndreeva (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-1 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Arantxa RusRus – Alize CornetCornet (4-6 6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Arantxa RusRus – Ana BogdanBogdan (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Harriet DartDart – Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Sara ErraniErrani (1-1) – H2H details and stats
