Liudmila Samsonova victorious over Greetje Minnen 6-4 7-5 in the quarter in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Friday. Samsonova will engage against Ekaterina Alexandrova or Robin Montgomery in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

's-Hertogenbosch
Samsonova's Record

Ludmilla added to her prize money € 15,140 after winning this match. She has already won € 36,000 so far in this event. If she wins the next match, Ludmilla will add € 25,235 to her earnings to get in total € 61,235.

Highlights Liudmila Samsonova vs. Greetje Minnen Libema Open – ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Samsonova
Minnen
6-4 7-5
1h:39
74
74
Total points
68
68
31
31
Winners
31
31
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
6
6
6
6
Double Faults
3
3
55%
55%
1st in
73%
73%
74%
74%
1st won
65%
65%
31/42
31/42
1st won
31/48
31/48
50%
50%
2nd won
50%
50%
17/34
17/34
2nd won
9/18
9/18
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
Total
2/5
2/5
80%
80%
Won
40%
40%
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At the end of the match, Ludmilla scored 74 points vs. the Belgian’s 68.

Samsonova

The Russian was pretty good at converting 80% of the break points that she procured (4/5).

Minnen

On the other side, Greetje was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Samsonova and Minnen is 1-3 for Greetje.

Draw and next match H2H: Liudmila Samsonova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova or Robin Montgomery – stats

Samsonova will come up against either Ekaterina Alexandrova or Robin Montgomery in the semifinal. The head to head is 0-2

vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova and 0-0 vs. Robin Montgomery.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Samsonova 6-4
SamsonovaMinnen
6
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
SamsonovaMinnen
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
SamsonovaMinnen
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
SamsonovaMinnen
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
SamsonovaMinnen
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SamsonovaMinnen
3
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
SamsonovaMinnen
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
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40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
SamsonovaMinnen
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SamsonovaMinnen
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SamsonovaMinnen
2
0
0
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0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SamsonovaMinnen
1
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

Samsonova had a strong start of this set after breaking Greetje Minnen in the 1st game (1-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for Samsonova to win the set because Greetje found the way to break back in the 6th (3-3) game. Samsonova maintained her focus to break Minnen in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

Ludmilla converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 30-40). In addition on the other side, Greetje converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A) and the 6th

game (2-3 40-A).

They played 75 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Russian won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Greetje (37-38). Samsonova dropped 14 points on serve (22-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Minnen conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).

2nd Set -
Samsonova 7-5
SamsonovaMinnen
7
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SamsonovaMinnen
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SamsonovaMinnen
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
SamsonovaMinnen
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
SamsonovaMinnen
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
SamsonovaMinnen
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SamsonovaMinnen
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
SamsonovaMinnen
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
SamsonovaMinnen
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SamsonovaMinnen
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SamsonovaMinnen
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30

Samsonova won the set after she broke the Belgian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Belgian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Anyhow, Ludmilla kept the situation under control to conquer the set 7-5.

The Russian was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, the Belgian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 8th (3-4 30-40), the 10th (4-5 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 40-A).

They played 67 points. Ludmilla won 7 points more than Minnen (37-30). Samsonova dropped 14 points on serve (26-14). On the losing side, the Belgian conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).

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

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