Lulu Sun outlasts Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5 3-6 7-6(6) in the semifinal in Monterrey on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Sun will engage against Emma Navarro or Linda Noskova in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes.
Sun added to her prize money $ 36,451 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 87,655 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sun will add $ 54,345 to her earnings to get in total $ 142,000 in total.
Highlights Lulu Sun vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Abierto GNP Seguros – Monterrey
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:19
LuluAnke won this match even if she scored less points than Alexandrova (102 vs. 105).
Sun
Sun fired 17 aces and she committed 3 double faults. LuluAnke won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 33% (1/3) of the procured opportunities.
Alexandrova
On the other side, The Russian was stunning in converting the only break point that she converted. Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Sun and Alexandrova is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Lulu Sun vs. Emma Navarro or Linda Noskova – stats
Sun will compete against either Emma Navarro or Linda Noskova in the final. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Emma Navarro and 1-0 vs. Linda Noskova.
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 Kiwi snatched in the 11th game (6-5) before eventually winning the set (7-5).
The Russian was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 4-5 to 7-5.
LuluAnke converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Sun didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 81 points. Sun was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Ekaterina (43-38). Sun dropped 7 points on serve (24-7). on the other side of the court, Ekaterina conceded 19 points on serve (31-19).
Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Russian conquered in the 6th game (4-2) just before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Alexandrova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (3-2 0-40). On the other side, Ekaterina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 52 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Sun (29-23). The Russian surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Sun conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Sun won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.
Tiebreak
Sun won 6 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 9th (6-3), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Alexandrova won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 8th (3-5), 11th (5-6) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Moreover, on the other side, the Kiwi didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 74 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Kiwi won this set even if she scored less points 2 than Alexandrova (36-38). LuluAnke lost 10 points on serve (23-10). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (28-13).
Tennis Scores in Monterrey
- Lulu SunSun – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-5 3-6 7-66)
