Mccartney Kessler stuns Anastasia Potapova 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Cleveland on Friday. Kessler will clash against Beatriz Haddad Maia in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 16 minutes.
Mccartney added to her prize money $ 9,220 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 20,830 after this win. If she wins the next match, Mccartney will add $ 14,420 to her earnings to get in total $ 35,250 in total.
Highlights Mccartney Kessler vs. Anastasia Potapova Tennis in the Land – Cleveland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Kessler scored 108 points vs. Anastasia’s 100.
Kessler
The American won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 37% (7/19) of the procured opportunities.
Potapova
On the other side, Potapova was not so effective in converting her break points (only 28% – 5/18). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kessler and Potapova is 1-0 for Mccartney.
Draw and next match H2H: Mccartney Kessler vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia – stats
Kessler will take on Haddad Maia in the final.
There is no head to head record between Mccartney Kessler and Beatriz Haddad Maia since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Kessler had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Anastasia Potapova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Yet, that was not enough for Anastasia to win the set because the American succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (1-4) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Anastasia kept her cool to break Mccartney in the 10th (6-4) game.
Anastasia failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
A defining moment of this set was when the Russian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
The Russian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Mccartney was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (0-4 0-40), the 9th (3-5 15-40) and the 11th game (3-6 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 85 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Anastasia won just 3 more points than Kessler (44-41). Anastasia surrendered 17 points on serve (16-17). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 28 points on serve (24-28).
Mccartney won the set after she broke Anastasia 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. The Russian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Anyhow, Kessler didn’t lose the lead to win the set 6-3.
Kessler failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.
The American was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Russian was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They contested 55 points. Kessler was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than the Russian (31-24). The American conceded 14 points on serve (17-14). On the losing side, Anastasia conceded 14 points on serve (10-14).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Kessler converted 10% of her break points (1/10). She had 10 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 68 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than the Russian (36-32). The American dropped 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the net, Potapova conceded 19 points on serve (25-19).
Tennis Scores in Cleveland
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (4-6 6-3 6-3)
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 2-6 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Mccartney KesslerKessler (0-0) – H2H details and stats