Ekaterina Alexandrova overcomes Yue Yuan 7-5 7-6(3) in the quarter in Monterrey on Thursday. Alexandrova will play against Lulu Sun in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes.
Ekaterina added to her prize money $ 24,249 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 51,204 until now in this event. If she wins the next match, Alexandrova will add $ 36,451 to her earnings to get in total $ 87,655.
Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Yue Yuan Abierto GNP Seguros – Monterrey
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alexandrova scored 91 points vs. Yue’s 80.
Alexandrova
Alexandrova served pretty well to win 76% of the points (39/51) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 47% points (15/32) on her second serve. The Russian won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Yuan
On the other side, the Chinese was battling in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Alexandrova and Yuan is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Lulu Sun – stats
Alexandrova will take on Sun in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Lulu Sun play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Alexandrova won 7-5 7-66 in the quarter in Seoul back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Alexandrova won the set after she broke Yuan in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Yuan tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Yet, the Russian managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 7-5.
Yue was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.
The Russian converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-3 40-A), the 11th (5-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 13th game (7-4 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Yue converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 8th (3-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).
They contested 97 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Russian won just 3 points more than Yuan (50-47). Alexandrova dropped 15 points on serve (27-15). on the other side of the court, Yuan conceded 23 points on serve (32-23).
The Russian won the set after she broke Yuan in the 3rd (2-1) game. Yue tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Anyhow, Ekaterina stayed solid to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 3.
Tiebreak
Ekaterina won 5 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 4th (3-1), 7th (5-2), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Yuan won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 5th (2-3) and 9th (3-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Alexandrova converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Yuan converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 74 points. Alexandrova was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Yuan (40-34). The Russian lost 16 points on serve (26-16). In addition, on the other side, Yuan conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Tennis Scores in Monterrey
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Yue YuanYuan (7-5 7-63)
- Lulu SunSun – Erika AndreevaAndreeva (6-4 6-3)
Upcoming matches
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