Lesya Tsurenko upsets Ons Jabeur 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Doha on Tuesday after playing a good match to play Naomi Osaka in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Tsurenko added to her prize money $ 15,804 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 36,454 after this win. If she wins the next match, Tsurenko will add $ 36,511 to her earnings to get in total $ 72,965 in total.
Highlights Lesya Tsurenko vs. Ons Jabeur Qatar TotalEnergies Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tsurenko scored 67 points vs. the Tunisian’s 52.
Tsurenko
Lesya won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.
Jabeur
On the other side, Ons was struggling when converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Tsurenko and Jabeur is 2-1 for Lesya.
Draw and next match H2H: Lesya Tsurenko vs. Naomi Osaka – stats
Tsurenko will take on Osaka in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that Lesya Tsurenko and Naomi Osaka square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Tsurenko won 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in Brisbane back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Tsurenko clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Lesya broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.
Jabeur lost the 8th game (5-3) when she was serving and leading 40-0. Jabeur was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-3 to 6-3.
The Ukrainian converted 15% of her break points (2/13). She had 13 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Tunisian converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 84 points. Lesya conquered the set after winning 6 more points than the Tunisian (45-39). The Ukrainian lost 14 points on serve (20-14). On the other side, Ons conceded 25 points on serve (25-25).
Tsurenko conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Ons Jabeur in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. That break resulted decisive for Lesya to win the set (6-2) as there were no other breaks.
Lesya was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (2-0 0-40). On the other side, Lesya didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 37 points. Lesya conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the Tunisian (23-14). Tsurenko conceded 6 points on serve (17-6). On the losing side, Jabeur conceded 6 points on serve (8-6).
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