Jaqueline Cristian victorious over Anastasija Sevastova 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in Cluj on Friday. Cristian will have to play Ana Bogdan or Arantxa Rus in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the quarter in 2021. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Cristian added to her prize money $ 5,002 after winning this match. She has already won $ 11,610 until now in this event. If she wins the next match, Jaqueline will add $ 9,220 to her earnings to get in total $ 20,830.
Highlights Jaqueline Cristian vs. Anastasija Sevastova Transylvania Open – Cluj-Napoca
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Cristian scored 76 points vs. Sevastova’s 66.
Cristian
Jaqueline was pretty good at converting 75% of the break points that she conquered (6/8).
Sevastova
On the other side, the Latvian had a tough time converting her break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Cristian and Sevastova is 1-0 for Jaqueline.
Draw and next match H2H: Jaqueline Cristian vs. Ana Bogdan or Arantxa Rus – stats
Cristian will square off with either Ana Bogdan or Arantxa Rus in the semifinal. The head to head is 0-2 vs. Ana Bogdan and 0-0 vs. Arantxa Rus.
Live score progression and stats
Cristian won the set after she broke the Latvian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Anastasija tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Notwithstanding, Jaqueline didn’t lose the lead to win the set 6-3.
Cristian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.
The Latvian had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Cristian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd
(1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). In addition on the other side, Sevastova converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 10th game (2-6 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).They played 77 points. Cristian was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Sevastova (42-35). Cristian lost 16 points on serve (22-16
). On the losing side, Anastasija conceded 20 points on serve (19-20).Cristian had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Anastasija Sevastova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, there was more to do for Cristian to win the set because the Latvian managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Cristian maintained her focus to break Anastasija in the 8th (5-3) and in the 12th (7-5) game.
Cristian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.
The Romanian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 7th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, the Latvian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40), the 9th (3-5 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Cristian won just 3 points more than the Latvian (35-32). The Romanian surrendered 15 points on serve (17-15). on the other side of the court, Sevastova conceded 18 points on serve (17-18).
Tennis Scores in Cluj
- Harriet DartDart – Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Arantxa RusRus – Ana BogdanBogdan (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Sara ErraniErrani (1-1) – H2H details and stats