Yulia Putintseva destroys Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-2 6-2 in the semifinal in Birmingham on Saturday after playing a tremendous match to come up against Ajla Tomljanovic in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the quarter in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Yulia Putintseva vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto Rothesay Classic – Birmingham
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:27
At the end of the match, Putintseva scored 69 points vs. Cocciaretto’s 48.
Putintseva
The Kazakhstani was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that she procured (6/10).
Cocciaretto
On the other side, the Italian had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Putintseva and Cocciaretto is 2-0 for Yulia.
Draw and next match H2H: Yulia Putintseva vs. Ajla Tomljanovic – stats
Putintseva will play Tomljanovic in the final.
This will be the 6th time that Yulia Putintseva and Ajla Tomljanovic square off. The head to head is 4-1 for Putintseva (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Putintseva won 5-7 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Istanbul back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Putintseva commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for the Kazakhstani to win the set because Cocciaretto found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Yulia maintained her cool to break Elisabetta in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Putintseva failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.
The Italian lost the 6th game (4-2) when she was comfortably leading 40-0. Elisabetta was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Yulia converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Italian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 63 points. The Kazakhstani was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than Cocciaretto (39-24). The Kazakhstani conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the net, Elisabetta conceded 21 points on serve (17-21).
Putintseva commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Yet, there was more work to do for the Kazakhstani to win the set because Elisabetta succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game. Putintseva kept her cool to break Elisabetta in the 8th (6-2) game.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Putintseva won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Kazakhstani converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 0th (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). Also, on the other side, Elisabetta converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 40-A and 40-A).
They played 54 points. Putintseva was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Elisabetta (30-24). The Kazakhstani surrendered 15 points on serve (17-15). In addition, on the other side, Cocciaretto conceded 13 points on serve (9-13).
Tennis Scores in Birmingham
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-2 6-2)
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (7-65 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (4-1) – H2H details and stats
