Clara Burel downs the defending champion Elina Svitolina 7-6(1) 4-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in Strasbourg on Wednesday. Burel will engage against Danielle Rose Collins in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Clara Burel vs. Elina Svitolina Internationaux de Strasbourg – Strasbourg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Clara scored 104 points vs. Svitolina’s 96.
Burel
Clara won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 47% (7/15) of the procured opportunities.
Svitolina
On the other side, Svitolina was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 38% – 5/13). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Burel and Svitolina is 1-2 for Elina.
Draw and next match H2H: Clara Burel vs. Danielle Rose Collins – stats
Burel will play Rose Collins in the quarter.
There is no head to head record
between Clara Burel and Danielle Rose Collins since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.Live score progression and stats
Burel won the set after she broke Svitolina in the 8th (5-3) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Svitolina tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (5-6) game. However, Burel kept the focus to win the set 7-6.
The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.
The French player converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 40-A and 40-A), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Svitolina converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (3-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40).
They played 97 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the French player won only 1 point more than the Ukrainian (49-48
). Burel conceded 18 points on serve (26-18). On the losing side, Elina conceded 23 points on serve (30-23).Burel commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Elina Svitolina in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Svitolina to win the set since Burel succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game. The Ukrainian maintained her focus to break Clara in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Elina failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.
They contested 64 points. Svitolina was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the French player (36-28). Elina dropped 14 points on serve (20-14). on the other side of the court, Clara conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).
The French player won the set after she broke Elina 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
The Ukrainian had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
They contested 40 points. The French player was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than the Ukrainian (27-13). Clara dropped 8 points on serve (15-8). On the losing side, the Ukrainian conceded 12 points on serve (5-12).
Tennis Scores in Strasbourg
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Magdalena FrechFrech (5-7 6-1 6-0)
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-4 7-61)
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Fiona FerroFerro (6-3 3-6 6-0)
- Magda LinetteLinette – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-75 6-3 6-3)
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-1 6-2)
- Madison KeysKeys – Xinyu WangWang (7-5 6-0)
- Clara BurelBurel – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (7-61 4-6 6-1)
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (4-6 6-4 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Clara BurelBurel (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Magda LinetteLinette – Madison KeysKeys (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (0-0) – H2H details and stats