Ekaterina Alexandrova aces Renata Zarazua 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Monterrey on Wednesday. Alexandrova will try to keep the momentum against Yue Yuan in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes.
Ekaterina added to her prize money $ 13,245 after winning this match. She has already won $ 26,955 after this win. If she wins the next match, Alexandrova will add $ 24,249 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,204 in total.
Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Renata Zarazua Abierto GNP Seguros – Monterrey
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 62 points vs. Zarazua’s 49.
Alexandrova
The Russian served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (28/36) behind her first serve, and she won 67% points (14/21) on her second serve. The Russian blasted 17 aces and she committed 1 double fault. Alexandrova won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points after she converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Zarazua
On the other side, Zarazua wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Alexandrova and Zarazua is 1-0 for Ekaterina.
Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Yue Yuan – stats
Alexandrova will fight against Yuan in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Yue Yuan fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Yuan (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Yuan won 7-5 6-70 6-2 in the 1st round in Paris back in July 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Russian clinched in the 4th game (3-1) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
The Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. Ekaterina won 5 points more than the Mexican (29-24). The Russian surrendered 7 points on serve (20-7). on the other side of the court, Renata conceded 9 points on serve (17-9).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Alexandrova conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before finally conquering the set (6-4).
Ekaterina missed the chance to break Zarazua in the 5th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Russian converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Renata wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They contested 58 points. Ekaterina conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Zarazua (33-25). The Russian conceded 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the court, Zarazua conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).
Tennis Scores in Monterrey
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (6-4 6-3)
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (6-3 6-4)
- Lulu SunSun – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (6-3 2-6 7-62)
- Yue YuanYuan – Petra MarticMartic (6-4 6-1)
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Lina GlushkoGlushko (6-72 6-3 6-1)
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Xiyu WangWang (6-4 7-611)
- Erika AndreevaAndreeva – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (1-6 6-3 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Emma NavarroNavarro (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Yue YuanYuan (0-1) – H2H details and stats