Liudmila Samsonova topples Elina Avanesyan 4-6 6-0 6-3 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati on Friday. Samsonova will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Aryna Sabalenka in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 59 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2021 and 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ludmilla scored 88 points vs. the Armenian’s 72.
Samsonova
The Russian won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.
Avanesyan
On the other side, Avanesyan was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Samsonova and Avanesyan is 2-0 for Ludmilla.
Draw and next match H2H: Liudmila Samsonova vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats
Samsonova will take on Sabalenka in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Liudmila Samsonova and Aryna Sabalenka clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Samsonova won 7-62 in the 3rd round in Montreal back in 2023. 4-6 6-3
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (4-6 6-0 6-3)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-2 6-2)
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-4 6-4)
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-1 6-4)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (7-5 6-2)
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Taylor TownsendTownsend (6-2 6-3)
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (3-6 6-3 6-2)
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (7-5 6-1)
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-1) – H2H details and stats