Ekaterina Alexandrova dispatches Iga Swiatek 6-4 6-2 in the 4th round in Miami on Monday. Alexandrova will square off with Jessica Pegula in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.
Ekaterina added to her prize money $ 84,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 185,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Ekaterina will add $ 140,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.
Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Iga Swiatek Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 64 points vs. Swiatek’s 50.
Alexandrova
The Russian served pretty well to win 76% of the points (26/34) behind her first serve, and she won 58% points (14/24) on her second serve. The Russian was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (3/6).
Swiatek
On the other side, the Pole wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Alexandrova and Swiatek is 2-3 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Jessica Pegula – stats
Alexandrova will come up against Pegula in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Jessica Pegula fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Pegula won 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Rome back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Alexandrova got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Iga Swiatek in the 1st game (1-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Ekaterina to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.
The Russian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Pole wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They played 77 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Russian won barely 1 point more than the Pole (39-38). Ekaterina dropped 12 points on serve (24-12). On the losing side, Swiatek conceded 15 points on serve (26-15).
Alexandrova in this set was much more effective than Iga and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Iga in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Ekaterina won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.
Ekaterina converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40). On the other side, Ekaterina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 37 points. Alexandrova conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Iga (25-12). Ekaterina dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). In addition, on the other side, Iga conceded 9 points on serve (6-9).
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