Ludmilla Samsonova overcomes Krejcikova in the 1st round to play vs Annie Fernandez at the Internationaux de Strasbourg. HIGHLIGHTS – STRASBOURG RESULTS

INTERNATIONAUX DE STRASBOURG - STRASBOURG DRAW AND RESULTS. Samsonova topples Krejcikova to fight against Leylah Annie Fernandez in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Liudmila Samsonova conquers Barbora Krejcikova 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4 in the 1st round in Strasbourg on Monday. Samsonova will clash against Leylah Annie Fernandez in the 2nd round. The epic lasted exactly 3 hours.

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Highlights Liudmila Samsonova vs. Barbora Krejcikova Internationaux de Strasbourg – Strasbourg

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Samsonova
Krejcikova
Liudmila Samsonova
6-2 6-75 6-4
3h:00
Barbora Krejcikova
120
120
Total points
99
99
31
31
Winners
39
39
26%
26%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
2
2
11
11
Double Faults
16
16
42%
42%
1st in
50%
50%
78%
78%
1st won
63%
63%
31/40
31/40
1st won
39/62
39/62
54%
54%
2nd won
41%
41%
30/56
30/56
2nd won
25/61
25/61
-- Break Points --
6/15
6/15
Total
3/5
3/5
40%
40%
Won
60%
60%
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At the end of the match, Ludmilla scored 120 points vs. Krejcikova’s 99.

Samsonova

The Russian served very well to win 78% of the points (31/40) behind her first serve, and she won 54% points (30/56) on her second serve. The Russian won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.

Krejcikova

On the other side, the Czech was effective when converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Samsonova and Krejcikova is 3-1 for Ludmilla.

Draw and next match H2H: Liudmila Samsonova vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez – stats

Samsonova will square off with Annie Fernandez in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Leylah Annie Fernandez square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Samsonova and Annie Fernandez (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Annie Fernandez won 7-5 7-64 in the 1st round in Doha back in February 2024.

Liudmila Samsonova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Samsonova 6-2
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Ludmilla in this set played much better tennis than Krejcikova and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking the Czech in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

An important stage of this set was when Ludmilla won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.

Ludmilla converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 60 points. Samsonova won 14 more points than the Czech (37-23). Samsonova dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). On the losing side, Krejcikova conceded 20 points on serve (17-20).

2nd Set -
Krejcikova 7-6
KrejcikovaSamsonova
7
6
15
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15
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Samsonova had a racing start in this set after breaking Barbora Krejcikova in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the Czech refused to bow to come back to break the Russian in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set (7-6).

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Krejcikova won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the game count from 2-5 to 6-5.

Barbora was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 8th (2-5 15-40), the 10th (4-5 0-40) and the 14th game (7-5 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Samsonova was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40).

They played 103 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the Russian (55-48). The Czech lost 24 points on serve (30-24). In addition, on the other side, Ludmilla conceded 25 points on serve (24-25).

3rd Set -
Samsonova 6-4
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Samsonova was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Barbora Krejcikova in the 2nd game (2-0). The Russian managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Krejcikova in the 10th (6-4) game before conquering the set.

The Russian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Ludmilla didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 56 points. Ludmilla won 14 points more than Krejcikova (35-21). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). On the losing side, the Czech conceded 19 points on serve (19-19).

1st
Samsonova
Krejcikova
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Samsonova
Krejcikova
6-7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
3rd
Samsonova
Krejcikova
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
1
2
0
2
0
1
 

Tennis Scores in Strasbourg

  • Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-2 6-75 6-4)
  • Magdalena FrechFrech – Sloane StephensStephens (6-3 6-3)
  • Xinyu WangWang – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-4 7-63)
  • Magda LinetteLinette – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (7-5 7-5)
  • Emma NavarroNavarro – Alize CornetCornet (6-4 6-1)
  • Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Diane ParryParry (6-3 6-4)
  • Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-0 7-5)
  • Fiona FerroFerro – Erika AndreevaAndreeva (6-2 6-2)
  • Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-0 7-5)
  • Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-3 3-6 6-4)
  • Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (4-6 7-64 6-3)
  • Clara BurelBurel – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (7-5 0-6 6-1)

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